Swimming Against the Storm

In a Louisiana fishing village, twelve-year-old Eliza and her sister Avery are determined to prove the existence of the loup-garou, a legendary creature that could save their home from rising sea levels. However, they soon find themselves in danger as a tropical storm approaches.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 04 April 2019
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

An adventure story set in the swamplands of Louisiana about sisters, rising sea-levels and saving the environment, perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell and Lauren St John.

Our land is sinking. It's disappearing into the water. And no one knows how to save it.

Twelve-year-old Eliza and her 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 her younger sister Avery secretly go searching in the swamp for the dangerous, wolf-like 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...

Weight: 202g
Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781510105485