| Chasing at the Surface Contributor(s): Mentyka, Sharon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1943328609 ISBN-13: 9781943328604 Publisher: Westwinds Press OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Environment |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2016013250 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.4" W x 5.5" (0.65 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Topical - Friendship - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Children's Literature Chasing at the Surface tells the story of a young girl's courage and the healing power of nature. After her mother unexpectedly leaves home, twelve-year old Marisa struggles with her feelings of loss and abandonment just as a pod of nineteen orca whales--mothers with their new calves following a run of chum salmon--become trapped in the enclosed inlet near her Northwest home. Marisa's journey to help the whales find their way home brings her to a new understanding of the assaults humans have had on nature, and the complicated meaning of family and home. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mentyka, Sharon: - Sharon Mentyka is a graduate of the MFA program of the Whidbey Writers Workshop and she has had stories and essays published in various literary magazines for both children and adults, including Columbia Kids, a publication of the Washington State History Museum, Soundings Review, and Cricket magazine. B in the World, an illustrated chapter book for children ages four to seven about a gender nonconforming child, was published in 2014. |
