Lambda Literary Award Winner: âLush descriptions bring the Caribbean environment to vivid life . . . An excellent and nuanced coming-of-age tale.â âSchool Library Journal A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Winner of the Stonewall Book Award Being born during a hurricane is considered unlucky where twelve-year-old Caroline Murphy lives, and she has had her share of bad luck lately. Sheâs hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands. A spirit only she can see wonât stop following her. Andâworst of allâCarolineâs mother left home one day and never came back. But when a new student named Kalinda arrives, Carolineâs luck begins to turn around. Kalinda, a solemn girl from Barbados with a special smile for everyone, becomes Carolineâs first and only friendâand the person for whom Caroline has begun to develop a crush. Now, Caroline must find the strength to confront her feelings for Kalinda, brave the spirit stalking her through the islands, and face the reason her mother abandoned her. Together, Caroline and Kalinda must set out in a hurricane to find Carolineâs missing motherâbefore Caroline loses her forever. âAbsorbing descriptions of the island . . . a folkloric tale about overcoming old narratives and creating new ones.â âPublishers Weekly âCallender draws readers in and makes them identify with Carolineâs angst and sorrow and joy and pain [and] has readers rooting for Caroline the whole way.â âKirkus Reviews (starred review)
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