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Still haunted by nightmares of her mother’s death, fifteen-year-old Sienna Jones reluctantly travels to Indonesia with her father’s relief team to help tsunami orphans with their post traumatic stress disorder—something Sienna knows a lot about. Since her mother’s plane went missing over the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sienna Jones: Main character, you see the story through her eyes. Fifteen years old. Mom, Hope, died in a plane crash 3 years ago. Quit surfing, water, planes, and emptied herself from the world.
- Andy Jones: Sienna's dad. Psychiatrist. Stopped traveling after his wife, Hope, died.
- Hope Jones: Sienna's mother and Andy's wife. Died when her plane crashed into the water, while on a trip with her husband.
- Tom: Aka Big Doctor Tom. Andy's best friend for a long time, travels a lot. Sienna describes him as Hagrid from Harry Potter with red hair, an MD and faded Hawaiian clothes.
- Sienna's Grandmother: Aka Oma, Mrs. Jones. Lives with Sienna and her dad.
- Bev: Sienna's best friend.
- Vera: Sienna's former therapist.
- Spider: Sienna's friend.
Quotes edit
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“"They do not disappear when they die. They leave us their strength."”
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“"I wanted to tell him that you can meet someone and they can change your life forever, even if you have only known him for a short while, that when you leave, you're a different person than before you met him... and I understand that because of meeting Deni."”
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“"And we clung to each other like we were drowning because, in a way, we were."”
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“"We do not choose what happens to us. We can only choose what we do after. What we do now. We can only choose to keep going."”
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“"Yeah, I do. Sometimes I worry my memories will fade without them."”
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“"Reflecting your current reality. Dreams are fascinating, aren't they? Portholes into the subconscious."”
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“"He looked at me like I just told him the earth was flat and I had definitive proof."”
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“"Of course,' Spider said. 'I'd bring you popsicles and cheesy celebrity magazines."”
Spider -
“"Maybe that's why we used to get along so well - we both enjoyed lounging around in our own chaos."”
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“"Sea, give me a break. It's always been you."”
Spider -
“"Spider had that easy way about him that people who have never had anything bad happen to them seem to possess."”
Sienna
First Sentence edit
I'm sitting alone on the other side of the world talking to a sea turtle that might be my mom.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Heidi R. Kling (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Country: United States
Publication Date: June 10, 2010
ISBN: 978-0399251634
Page Count: 336
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Country: United States
Publication Date: June 10, 2010
ISBN: 978-0399251634
Page Count: 336
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