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Hurricane Child
by Kacen Callender

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    List Price: $7.99
    Format: Paperback, 240 pages
    Classification: Fiction
    Target Age Group: Middle Grade
    ISBN13: 9781338129311
    Imprint: Scholastic Press
    Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
    Parent Company: Scholastic Inc.
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    Book Description:
    Prepare to be swept up by this exquisite novel that reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways.

    Winner of the Stonewall Book Award
    Winner of the Lambda Literary Award

    Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child.

    Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She’s hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, a spirit only she can see won’t stop following her, and — worst of all — Caroline’s mother left home one day and never came back.

    But when a new student named Kalinda arrives, Caroline’s luck begins to turn around. Kalinda, a solemn girl from Barbados with a special smile for everyone, becomes Caroline’s first and only friend — and the person for whom Caroline has begun to develop a crush.

    Now, Caroline must find the strength to confront her feelings for Kalinda, brave the spirit stalking her through the islands, and face the reason her mother abandoned her. Together, Caroline and Kalinda must set out in a hurricane to find Caroline’s missing mother — before Caroline loses her forever.

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