Sinking Deeper
Published on 19. September 2025
161 pages
978-1-55109-880-7 (ISBN)
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The tiny fishing community of Deeper Harbour is in deep trouble-and so is fourteen-year-old Roland MacTavish. Roland's mom wants to move with him to Ottawa, away from his father, his weird friend Dulsie, and his even weirder grandfather, Angus. So Roland does what any sane teenager would do: he invents a sea monster. Unfortunately, the scheme quickly spins out of Roland's control, and he has to go to greater and greater lengths to keep up the illusion. And then Roland must deal with a situation far more terrifying than any sea monster. As moving as it is irresistibly funny, Steve Vernon's portrait of Roland and Deeper Harbour is perfect for anyone who's ever been stuck badly enough to do something awesomely, brilliantly, heroically stupid.
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Steve Vernon learned the storytelling tradition from his grandfather. As part of the Writers in the Schools program he now teaches this tradition to Nova Scotia children in schools across the province. His books include The Lunenburg Werewolf, the children's picture book Maritime Monsters, and the YA novel Sinking Deeper. Steve has lived in Nova Scotia for nearly forty years. Visit his website at www3.ns.sympatico.ca/stevevernon
Content
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Part I
- Alarm Clocks Come in All Shapes and Sizes
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Kamikaze Caber Chuck
- The Yowling Howl of a Musical Saw
- Snake Secrets
- Sea Monster Seeds
- Part II
- A Chapter for Skipping
- Heaving the Dory
- The Taste of Lemonade and Dirt
- Feeding a Cold
- The Luck of Seagulls
- Part III
- Invasion of the Venusian Vegan Monster Hunters
- Dear Prime Minister
- Hide-and-Go-Moose
- A Bad Case of Stegosaurus Turnip Farts
- Muddy Lake Manoeuvres
- Sea Serpent: Sighted, Shot, and Sinking
- Down the Drain
- Hot Pursuit
- Fogopogo Makes the News
- Sitting Still and Setting World Speed Records
- Deeper Harbour Avalanche
- Part IV
- The Chickens Win Again
- Down-Home Cooking
- Clothesline-Caber Evolution
- A Story Without Words
- Grounded without Grounds
- Mutiny and Desertion
- The Long Black Limousine of Fate
- London Bridge is Falling Down
- In Over My Head, One More Time
- Tossed Like Sea Foam
- The Last Knock-Knock Joke
- Part V
- Legal is as Legal Does
- Under the Cover of Moose Hide
- Learning to Let Go
- Acknowledgments
- Other books by Steve Vernon:
