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Gr 9 Up—Almost 17-year-old Sofie lives with her fisherman father and dog on the rugged and unforgiving Pisqataqua River in New Hampshire. For as long as she can remember, it's been just the two of them, making ends meet the best they can. An early closure of the shrimping season forces her father down south to the Chincoteague, but not before he unequivocally warns Sofie not to see Luke, a volatile deckhand returned from duty as a medic in Afghanistan. With her father gone, her ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Sofie, nearly seventeen, lives in coastal New Hampshire with her fisherman father. She's Scottish on her father's side and Cambodian on her mother's, though she rejects her Cambodian heritage ("I am not Cambodian…I have no past. I have no ancestors…I make myself from scratch every day"), angry at her mother for abandoning them when Sofie was a child. Early in the book, Sofie meets Lucas, a troubled young medic recently returned from Afghanistan, of whom her fa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

After Sofie's fisherman dad heads south for a better winter catch, Sofie and Luke, a troubled young medic recently returned from Afghanistan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More