Blue: Book 1
By (Author) Lisa Glass
Hachette Children's Group
Quercus Children's Books
1st June 2014
5th June 2014
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
384
Width 177mm, Height 196mm, Spine 26mm
284g
Surfing is sixteen-year-old Iris's world, and when the ultra-talented Zeke walks into her life, it soon becomes her passion.
Over one amazing summer, as she is drawn into his sphere, she experiences love, new friendships, but also loss, with an intensity she never dreamed of. But is Zeke all he seems What hides beneath his glamorous and mysterious past When Iris decides to try for her own surfing success, just as her ex-boyfriend comes back into her life, she will test her talent, and her feelings for Zeke, to the limit...'Possibly the best YA Romance by a UK author I've read' Wondrous Reads. * Wondrous Reads *
A fantastic coming of age novel ... the characters, their dialect and motivations, feel very real. It addresses sexism in surfing as a minor theme effectively ... Tribalism, jealousy and loyalty are explored in lots of ways and I read the whole thing in one go * School Librarian *
Lisa Glass lives in Newquay, Cornwall, with her husband, daughters and dog. Lisa is part of the team behind Vulpes Libris which was selected by the Observer as one of the best literary blogs in the UK. She is also working as a producer of Bluer Than the Sky, the forthcoming film adaptation of her young adult beach novel, Blue.