![]() ![]() ![]() Readers can picture the beautiful island and also feel Caroline’s overwhelming sadness. ![]() I was amazed by Callender’s beautiful descriptions of Water Island and her evocative descriptions of a lonely girl searching for her mother. Together, they search for Caroline’s mother during a hurricane, and Caroline faces taunts from her classmates when they find her secret love note to Kalinda. When a new student, Kalinda, joins the school, she and Caroline develop a friendship that grows into deeper feelings. Further, her mother disappeared one day while she was at school. Born during a hurricane and therefore considered unlucky for life, Caroline is teased by her classmates for that as well as the fact that she sees spirits. The novel explores the inner thoughts of Caroline, a 12-year-old girl who develops a crush on her classmate while looking for her mother, who has gone missing.Ĭaroline Murphy lives on Water Island but goes to school in St. The trials and tribulations of a young girl searching for her mother are revealed in the poignant middle grade book, Hurricane Child, by Kacen Callender. ![]()
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