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The Blurb On The Back:
Our land is sinking. It’s disappearing into the water. And no one knows how to save it
Twelve-year-old Eliza and her younger sister Avery have lived their entire lives in a small fishing village on the coast of Louisiana, growing up alongside turtles, pelicans and porpoises. But now, with sea levels rising, their home is at risk of being swept away.
Determined to save the land, Eliza and Avery secretly go searching in the swamp for the dangerous, wolf-life loup-garou. If they can prove this legendary creature exists, they’re sure that the government will have to protect its habitat - and their community.
But there’s one problem: the loup-garou has never been seen before. And with a tropical storm approaching and the sisters deep, deep in the swampland, soon it’s not just their home at risk, but their lives as well ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Jess Butterworth’s contemporary ecological thriller for children aged 9+ does a great job of evoking the strange beauty of the Louisiana bayou and how it’s at risk from climate change while Eliza and Avery’s relationship captures the frustrations and rivalry of having a sibling. However the plot relies on a series of foolish decisions that I didn’t believe of two swamp kids while I thought the corporate skulduggery plot was resolved too neatly.
SWIMMING AGAINST THE STORM was released in the United Kingdom on 4th April 2019. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
Twelve-year-old Eliza and her younger sister Avery have lived their entire lives in a small fishing village on the coast of Louisiana, growing up alongside turtles, pelicans and porpoises. But now, with sea levels rising, their home is at risk of being swept away.
Determined to save the land, Eliza and Avery secretly go searching in the swamp for the dangerous, wolf-life loup-garou. If they can prove this legendary creature exists, they’re sure that the government will have to protect its habitat - and their community.
But there’s one problem: the loup-garou has never been seen before. And with a tropical storm approaching and the sisters deep, deep in the swampland, soon it’s not just their home at risk, but their lives as well ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): ) The Verdict:
Jess Butterworth’s contemporary ecological thriller for children aged 9+ does a great job of evoking the strange beauty of the Louisiana bayou and how it’s at risk from climate change while Eliza and Avery’s relationship captures the frustrations and rivalry of having a sibling. However the plot relies on a series of foolish decisions that I didn’t believe of two swamp kids while I thought the corporate skulduggery plot was resolved too neatly.
SWIMMING AGAINST THE STORM was released in the United Kingdom on 4th April 2019. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
