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369 pp.
| Bloomsbury |
October, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-61963-123-6$17.99
(3)
YA
The last way seventeen-year-old Amy wants to spend the summer after high school is sailing around the world with her father and new stepmother. When Somali pirates hijack the family's yacht, the sullen, entitled teen forms a surprising bond with one of their captors. Lake's sensitive character development and sophisticated storytelling (including alternate endings) helps elicit readers' sympathies for his complex characters.