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Description
This book relates, from varying points of view, events surrounding the search for a twelve-year-old girl lost during a storm off the coast of Australia.
Quick Summary
If your kid likes stories with lots of different characters telling their side of things, this one's really satisfying to read. It's set in Australia during a big storm, and when a twelve-year-old girl goes missing, you get to hear from her family members, friends, and even people who don't know her all trying to figure out what happened. The tension builds slowly, so it's a good middle ground between a cozy read and something that actually gets your heart racing. There's also this underlying warmth underneath the scary parts, because at its core it's really about how a community comes together when something goes wrong. Fans of books like *Holes* or *Wonder* anything with multiple perspectives and a strong emotional core would probably love this. Some parts are pretty intense (a kid lost in a storm is legitimately nerve-wracking), but it's not graphic or disturbing, just genuinely suspenseful in that "keep reading to make sure everyone's okay" way.