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  • Published: 15 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9780375871368
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $16.99

The Turn of the Tide




Two cousins. One summer. A sailboat they both love, and the race they'd risk anything to win. From Rosanne Parry comes an exciting and tender friendship story about looking for destiny -- now in paperback.

From acclaimed author of A Wolf Called Wander, Rosanne Parry comes an exciting and tender friendship story about two cousins looking for their destiny.
 
On a beautiful day in June, the ground broke open.
 
In Japan, you’re always prepared for an earthquake. That’s why Kai knows just what to do when the first rumbles shake the earth. But he does the exact opposite of what you’re supposed to do: He runs. And then the tsunami hits.
 
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Pacific, Kai’s cousin Jet sets sail off the coast of Astoria, Oregon. She knows she should have checked the tide—she always checks the tide. Except this time she didn’t.
 
When the biggest mistakes of their lives bring them together, Jet and Kai spend the summer regretting that one moment when they made the wrong decision. But there’s something about friendship that heals all wounds, and together, Jet and Kai find the one thing they never thought they’d have again—hope.

  • Published: 15 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9780375871368
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $16.99

About the author

Rosanne Parry

Rosanne Parry is the author of four award-winning middle grade novels, the most recent, The Turn of the Tide, has starred reviews from School Library Journal and Booklist. She has won 20 awards for her work. She is a part-time bookseller at legendary local independent bookstore, Annie Bloom's, and an adjunct instructor in the Masters in Book Publishing program at Portland State University. She also loves to hike, camp and sail in the wilderness of her home state of Oregon. Rosanne lives in Portland with her family in an historic farmhouse and writes in a treehouse in her backyard.

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Praise for The Turn of the Tide

Two starred reviews for The Turn of the Tide!
* "This affecting work of realistic fiction is one to be savored--even by dedicated landlubbers." --School Library Journal, starred
* "A touching, heartwarming story that reaffirms the idea that, for anyone, second chances are possible." --Booklist, starred

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