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Description
An empowering story from #1 New York Times bestseller and Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park starring a young snorkeling enthusiast who draws inspiration for fighting climate change from interacting with her pesty little brother
Snorkeling is the best! Gracie loves floating above underwater reefs, watching colorful fish dart in and out of the coral. She convinces her parents to let her plan a family vacation to Roatán, Honduras, where they can snorkel together. She even makes a new friend there. Now, if only her irritating little brother would leave her alone, everything would be perfect.
Things come to a screeching halt when Gracie hurts her leg, and all her carefully made plans start to come apart. Worse still, she learns the reef itself is in serious danger. Gracie wants to help the reef . . . but she’s just a kid. How can she possibly make a difference?
Inspired by her own experience, Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park tells the engaging tale of a young girl learning how to impact a cause she cares about while navigating the ups and downs of sibling relationships and turning disappointment into opportunity.
Publication date
September 17, 2024
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780063346291
Publisher
Allida
BISAC categories
JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings JUV029010 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | Environment JUV002170 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Marine Life JUV032060 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Water Sports
ALA/Booklist
Illustrated with black-line spot art featuring the flora and fauna described and appended with an author's note explaining Park's personal experiences snorkeling, this should be popular with readers planning their own marine adventures.
Publishers Weekly
Using high-energy prose and high-stakes plotting, Park (My Book and Me) delivers a splashy tale ferried by an undercurrent of compromise, climate activism, and earnest love for the natural world. An author’s note concludes. Gracie and her family read as Korean American.
Kirkus
An imbalanced mesh of sibling squabbles and overly didactic reef advocacy.
Linda Sue Park received the 2002 Newbery Medal for A Single Shard. In addition to novels, she has written picture books and poetry for young readers. Before turning to children's books, she worked as a journalist, a food critic, and a teacher of English as a second language. She lives with her family in Rochester, New York. Linda Sue Park recibió la Medalla Newbery 2002 por A Single Shard (Un fragmento de cristal). Además de novelas, ha escrito libros ilustrados y poesía para lectores jóvenes. Antes de dedicarse a los libros infantiles, trabajó como periodista, crítica gastronómica y profesora de inglés como segunda lengua. Vive con su familia en Rochester, Nueva York.
