The She

After his parents are lost at sea, Evan Barrett and his older brother leave their seaside home in West Hook to escape bad memories, but years later even worse questions emerge when Evan is asked to help a fellow student deal with another sea-related tragedy. A haunting search for truth from a Printz-Honoree Annotation. On a rainy night eight years ago, Evan Barrett's parents were lost at sea. In horror, he listened to their frantic Mayday calls on the ship-to-shore radio, to his mother's cries for mercy--and to the deafening shrieks that answered her back. Now seventeen, Evan has gone in search of answers to his parents' strange disappearance. The only explanation that makes any sense to him is that they were swallowed up by The She, a legendary sea creature that devours ships. But when Evan's quest for the truth uncovers shocking allegations against his parents, he must deal with the possibility that everything he knows about his family is a lie. Includes a reader's guide

a Haunting Search For Truth From A Printz-honoree

publishers Weekly

a Nine-year-old Boy Who Loses His Seafaring Parents In A Storm Finds Himself At 17 Confronting The Same Suspicions About The She, A Fabled Dark Force That Lurks Off The Jersey Shore. Pw Said, This Chiller At One Moment Resembles A Mournful Dirge, The Next A Supernatural Thriller, The Next A Tightly Woven Mystery. Ages 14-up. (aug.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.