A review by kblincoln
Sea Change by Aimee Friedman
4.0
Miranda is a science-geek from New York thrust into the class-conscious high society summer vacation spot of Selkie Island.
She watches in suprise as her mother turns from a high-powered New York surgeon into a Southern lady. She finds out that she is the spitting image of her estranged grandmother.
And she meets Leo. Leo is a townie who shares her love of science and they feel an immediate connection.
I just read another book about a girl going through difficult times who meets a mysterious boy that I didn't enjoy. Sea Change gets it right. Here's a girl trying to recover from a bad boy experience and so she is suspicious and self-conscious and awkward.
While the speculative element in this one isn't really mysterious, it still was fun to discover the legends of Selkie Island along with the heroine.
She watches in suprise as her mother turns from a high-powered New York surgeon into a Southern lady. She finds out that she is the spitting image of her estranged grandmother.
And she meets Leo. Leo is a townie who shares her love of science and they feel an immediate connection.
I just read another book about a girl going through difficult times who meets a mysterious boy that I didn't enjoy. Sea Change gets it right. Here's a girl trying to recover from a bad boy experience and so she is suspicious and self-conscious and awkward.
While the speculative element in this one isn't really mysterious, it still was fun to discover the legends of Selkie Island along with the heroine.