Waves - Softcover

Dogar, Sharon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545101786 ISBN 13: 9780545101783

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2009

Synopsis

The story of Hal's first love--and his sister Charley's last. Now in paperback, Sharon Dogar's lovely and amazing debut novel.

When Hal's family makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave Charley, their comatose daughter, behind in a hospital ward while they spend the summer on the west coast of England, Hal finds it harder than ever to shake his sister's presence. What power is letting him share her memories? And will they reveal the deep, dark truth behind her tragic "accident"? Set at a beach where growing up goes wrong, WAVES is a coming-of-age story about first love and first loss; about a family drowning in sorrow, and the remarkable son who is struggling against the tide to save them.

About this title

About the Author:

SHARON DOGAR is a social worker who counsels teens. Waves is her first novel. She lives in Oxford, England.

From AudioFile:

Fifteen-year-old Hal found his sister Charley washed up on a Cornwall beach, unconscious. A year later, as his parents wrestle with disconnecting Charley from life support, the family returns to Cornwall. Waves of Charley's thoughts and memories float eerily into Hal's mind, driving him to discover what happened to his sister. Was she hurt by her boyfriend, Pete, the surf god and brother of Hal's new girlfriend? Waves are the perfect metaphor for Hal's feelings of anger, fear, love, and grief. James Clamp helps listeners negotiate waves of turbulent emotions and shifts from past to present, place to place, and viewpoint to viewpoint. S.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0545101786
• ISBN 13: 9780545101783
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352