The Storm Swimmer
Clare Weze
Subjects
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
The author of THE LIGHTNING CATCHER is back with an exciting, imaginative and heartfelt middle grade novel perfect for fans of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant and The Shark Caller. Summer was supposed to be Ginika's time for fun, friends and fairs. But instead she's been sent to live at the dead-end seaside boarding house her grandparents run. Even though her parents say it’s just for a little while, she can’t help feeling abandoned and heartbroken to be missing out on everything she loves back home. And then she meets Peri. He leaps and dives through the water like a dolphin and he talks like a burst of bubbles. He’s not exactly a mermaid, but he’s definitely something Ginika's never seen before. His family is far away too, but unlike Ginika, he loves his independence. As Ginika shows Peri her world, she starts to feel free as well. They don’t need anyone else when they’ve got each other. But then the lights and noise of the human world start to change Peri. And when things spin out of control, Ginika must be the bravest she's ever been to face her fears and make the hardest decision of her life. Join Ginika and Peri as they dive beneath the waves and walk the lands that will take them into each other's worlds on an adventure they will never forget and a life-changing friendship.
Reviews
Quite enjoyed the idea of this book. I struggled to really connect with the characters though so this left me feeling a bit detached from the story. The descriptions of the seaside surroundings were beautiful and I found the connections to actual marine life adaptations in the sea boy really interesting.
BookNerd
Well, this was different! I heard about this book on “The Island of Brilliant” podcast hosted by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Nadia Shireen. Ginika proves to be a strong, female character. Her parents are struggling with their finances and they send Ginika to stay with her grandparents - three hundred miles away on the coast. There she meets Peri and develops a very unusual friendship. They meet Ted who has his own problems. They quickly develop a friendship which tests their trust, their bravery and their fears.
Cherrie