The Highest Tide
Published on 7. August 2006
Audio
CD-Audio
978-0-00-724747-9 (ISBN)
Description
'An uncommon and uncommonly good coming-of-age novel. Heck, maybe it's time to put Holden Caulfield to rest anyway. I, for one, barely remember him. It is Miles who has captured my imagination. And my heart.' Chicago Times
A lyrical and enchanting debut novel.
One unforgettable night, thirteen-year-old Miles goes to the flats near his home in search of shellfish, only to discover something startling and remarkable: a giant squid.
Instantly he becomes a local celebrity and is pursued by TV crews urging him to explain the phenomenon. His psychic friend Florence predicts that even more astonishing discoveries are to come, indications of the highest tide in fifty years. Yet Miles worries more about matters closer to home: will his passion for his ex-babysitter Angie go unrequited? Will his arguing parents divorce? Is everything, even the bay, shifting from him?
A lyrical and enchanting debut novel.
One unforgettable night, thirteen-year-old Miles goes to the flats near his home in search of shellfish, only to discover something startling and remarkable: a giant squid.
Instantly he becomes a local celebrity and is pursued by TV crews urging him to explain the phenomenon. His psychic friend Florence predicts that even more astonishing discoveries are to come, indications of the highest tide in fifty years. Yet Miles worries more about matters closer to home: will his passion for his ex-babysitter Angie go unrequited? Will his arguing parents divorce? Is everything, even the bay, shifting from him?
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the novel'If you reach the last page without having laughed out loud or felt tears well up... then you may, quite simply, be inhuman' Independent on Sunday
'Lyrical, moving, funny and breathtakingly well-written... a great novel which you will want to re-read' Susan Hill
'Original and appealing. His love of the ocean is infectious... Even the most hard-hearted readers will finish this book wishing they had their own bay to explore' Matt Thorne, Sunday Telegraph
'Poetic yet lean, restrained, lucid and radiant' The Times
'Lynch has written a lyrical, lovely novel as luminous and sparkling as the ocean, as well as created an unlikely hero who sees things for what they really are' Time Out
'A beautifully written paean to the natural world' Guardian
More details
Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 11 to 16 years
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Audio CD
Dimensions
Height: 125 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Duration
Dauer: 450 min
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-724747-9 (9780007247479)
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Jim Lynch has won national journalism awards and published short fiction in literary magazines. A Washington State native, Lynch currently writes and sails from his home in Olympia, where he lives with his wife and daughter. The Highest Tide is his first novel.