The highest tide : a novel / by Jim Lynch.
by Lynch, Jim.
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BookPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury USA : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, c2005Edition: 1st U.S. ed.Description: 246 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 1582346054 (hardcover); 9781582346052.Subject(s): Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 -- Influenece -- Fiction | Teenage boys -- Fiction | Marine animals -- Fiction | Tides -- Fiction | Puget Sound Region (Wash.) -- FictionGenre/Form: BildungsromansSummary: "On a moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley slips out of his house, packs up his kayak and goes exploring on the tidal flats of Puget Sound. But what begins as a routine hunt for starfish, snails and clams turns into a televised spectacle after Miles finds a rare deep-sea creature stranded in the mud. When he continues to discover more exotic ocean life in the quiet backwater bays near his home, Miles becomes a local sensation. Soon he is shadowed on the flats by people curious as to whether he is just an observant boy or an unlikely prophet." "While the sea continues to offer up surprises from its mysterious depths, Miles navigates the equally mysterious passage out of childhood. He clumsily searches for the words that will keep his parents together. And as the days shorten and the water begins to rise, his summer-long attempt to understand the muddy flats becomes an examination of life itself."--BOOK JACKET.
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"On a moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley slips out of his house, packs up his kayak and goes exploring on the tidal flats of Puget Sound. But what begins as a routine hunt for starfish, snails and clams turns into a televised spectacle after Miles finds a rare deep-sea creature stranded in the mud. When he continues to discover more exotic ocean life in the quiet backwater bays near his home, Miles becomes a local sensation. Soon he is shadowed on the flats by people curious as to whether he is just an observant boy or an unlikely prophet." "While the sea continues to offer up surprises from its mysterious depths, Miles navigates the equally mysterious passage out of childhood. He clumsily searches for the words that will keep his parents together. And as the days shorten and the water begins to rise, his summer-long attempt to understand the muddy flats becomes an examination of life itself."--BOOK JACKET.
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