Books with title The Turning Tide

Welcome to Pate Academy, a private high school in Encinitas, CA, where surfing rates ahead of football. Mary Dawson is a 15 year old straight A student who is popular and outgoing. Her friend Winona Patton is a scholarship kid from Encinitas whose wrong-side-of-the-tracks background doesn’t win her any brownie points with the queen of the social scene, senior captain Xanthe Trehy.Due to a donation of a wealthy, but anonymous benefactor, core members of the co-ed surf team are eligible to attend a surf camp in Costa Rica, but the tension heats up when Xanthe feels the pressure from Winona’s skill. Will the drama between these three star surfers be more than the team can take or will they be able to help one another to overcome Turning Tides?

From acclaimed author Rosanne Parry comes an exciting and tender friendship story about two cousins looking for their destiny. On a beautiful day in June, the ground broke open. In Japan, you’re always prepared for an earthquake. That’s why Kai knows just what to do when the first rumbles shake the earth. But he does the exact opposite of what you’re supposed to do: He runs. And then the tsunami hits. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Pacific, Kai’s cousin Jet sets sail off the coast of Astoria, Oregon. She knows she should have checked the tide—she always checks the tide. Except this time she didn’t. When the biggest mistakes of their lives bring them together, Jet and Kai spend the summer regretting that one moment when they made the wrong decision. But there’s something about friendship that heals all wounds, and together, Jet and Kai find the one thing they never thought they’d have again—hope.

[Children's Fiction (Ages 8-12)] Acclaimed author Emily Whitman's middle grade debut follows Aran, a young selkie searching for the one magical link that will mean he truly belongs to his selkie clan, in an exquisitely crafted world full of mythology, family, friendship, and hope. Readers who loved Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Pam Muñoz Ryan's Echo will be transported by this evocative and gorgeously written tale. All Aran has ever known is the sea. The spray of the waves. The swirl of the deep currents. Feasts of salmon and mussels and crabs. Aran is a selkie and lives on the open sea with his clan. But he has never quite belonged. He was born without a selkie skin, and he's stuck in human form, never able to transform into a sleek, powerful seal the way his family does. Then Aran discovers that his clan has been keeping a secret from him. And the secret means that Aran may never get his pelt. That he is a danger to the entire clan. That maybe he doesn't even belong to the sea at all. So Aran gets his first taste of life on land and all the wonders it holds: trees and birds' nests and cookies and, most surprising of all, friends. Yet the land is dangerous, too. When the unimaginable happens, Aran will be forced to choose: Will he fight for his place on land, or listen to the call of the sea? Emily Whitman has crafted a lyrical tale of belonging, rich with Celtic lore and writing that pulls the heart like the tides. Fans of the expertly crafted storytelling of Kate Milford's The Greenglass House or Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon will savor this deeply felt middle grade debut.

On their way to find their father, twins Jacqueline (Jacq) and Alexandria (Alex) are attacked by a notorious pirate, Captain Ming. After Jacq is kidnapped and Alex narrowly escapes, she takes it upon herself to try and get her sister back. However, out of her element, Alex must turn to and rely on the person she despises most – Jacq’s friend, Miata. Yet, as they race against time, she finds Miata may have more to offer than she gives him credit for.Stranded aboard a ship of pirates, Jacq has a choice to make. Her pirate captor gives her an ultimatum, wanting her to join his crew for reasons unknown. Still, with the encouragement of some unexpected allies, Jacq is determined to retrieve what was stolen from her and escape.As the girls struggle with their plights, they are forced to question who they are and what they believe in. They discover that sometimes all it takes is determination or a change of perspective to bring about a Turning of the Tides.

In the spring of 1991, a Russianballerina dreams of leaving Leningrad -- forever. A member of the Kirov Ballet Corps, Tatiana hopes to be chosen for the troupe's Paris tour. Once there, she will try to escape the watchful eye of KGB agents, defect to France, and leave the complicated politics of the Soviet Union behind.But like ballet, leaving is harder than it looks. Tatiana becomes entangled in her country's struggle for democracy, and her dream of a better life in Paris is soon challenged by hope for her country's future. Tatiana must make a choice, and there will be no turning back.This companion novel to National Book Award winner Gloria Whelan's breathtaking epics angel on the square, the impossible journey, and burying the sun offers a riveting portrait of a nation, and a young woman, on the brink of spectacular change.

A dark house.An isolated island.Strange dreams and even stranger visions . . . Jack is spending the summer on a private island far from modern conveniences. No Wi-Fi, no cell service, no one else on the island but a housekeeper and the two very peculiar children in his care. The first time Jack sees the huge black mansion atop a windswept hill, he senses something cold, something more sinister than even the dark house itself.Soon, he feels terribly isolated and alone. Yet he is not alone. The house has visitors—peering in the windows, staring from across the shore. But why doesn't anyone else see them . . . and what do they want? As secrets are revealed and darker truths surface, Jack desperately struggles to maintain a grip on reality. He knows what he sees, and he isn't crazy. . . . Or is he?From nationally acclaimed author Francine Prose comes a mind-bending story that will leave you realizing how subtle the lines that separate reality, imagination, and insanity really are.