Book
Don't call me a hurricane
Call Number
- FICTION HAGA TEEN (EAS)
Publication Information
New York : Bloomsbury, 2022.
Physical Description
389 pages ; 22 cm
Audience
Grades 10-12. Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Summary
Told in verse, seventeen-year-old Eliza, an environmental activist, is navigating the after-effects of a hurricane that devastated her coastal town while falling for Milo, a rich tourist who is at the center of a redevelopment that could put her community in danger--again.
It's been five years since a hurricane ravaged Eliza Marino's life and home in her quiet town on Long Beach Island on the Jersey shore. Now a senior in high school, she is passionate about fighting climate change-- starting with saving Clam Cove Reserve, an area of marshland that is scheduled to be turned into buildable lots. Protecting the island helps Eliza deal with her lingering trauma from the storm, but she still can't shake the fear that something will come along and wash out her life once again. Milo Harris is one of the rich tourists who flock to the island every summer. Eliza reluctantly agrees to give him surfing lessons, but isn't ready to risk letting an outsider into the life she's rebuilt. -- adapted from Goodreads info