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Local DescriptionKathleen's review - Impetuous Neoma is a great character. She gets into all sorts of trouble, but sometimes it's people just like her that we need in order to create change! This book has some great adventure and memorable characters - a good read indeed! Description'It's one of them days when everything is off. A hot sweaty night in Rusty Bus means we kids is all grouchy-tired. Me and my best friend, Jaguar, is trying to cool down by taking turns at dipping in the sea pool. Him standing on the sea wall made from car frames and rocks on lookout for crocs, me swimming, then we'll swap places. We's always doing things as a team, him and me. We's gonna be the best fisher people and the best salvagers on the whole of the inland sea one day.' Promotion infoAcross the Risen Sea is an action-packed, compelling and heartfelt middle-fiction adventure, set in a post-climate change landscape, from the multi-award winning author of How to Bee. AwardsFinalist - 2021 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults - Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction ReviewsStaff notes: In a post-climate change world, sea levels have risen dramatically, and the remaining communities live gentle, minimalistic lives in the mountains. When Neoma's best friend, Jag, gets kidnapped, she bravely sets sail across the sea to retrieve him. Along the way, she encounters sharks, pirates, and a very hungry crocodile! Action-packed and full of excitement, this book is perfect for readers aged 9+ who love an adventure. — Josh |