The Line Tender (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780735231603)

Funny, poignant, and deeply moving, The Line Tender is a story of nature's enduring mystery and a girl determined to find meaning and connection within it.

Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart's marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of Massachusetts, collecting shark data when she died suddenly. Lucy was seven. Since then Lucy and her father have kept their heads above water--thanks in large part to a few close friends and neighbors. But June of her twelfth summer brings more than the end of school and a heat wave to sleepy Rockport. On one steamy day, the tide brings a great white--and then another tragedy, cutting short a friendship everyone insists was "meaningful" but no one can tell Lucy what it all meant. To survive the fresh wave of grief, Lucy must grab the line that connects her depressed father, a stubborn fisherman, and a curious old widower to her mother's unfinished research on the Great White's return to Cape Cod. If Lucy can find a way to help this unlikely quartet follow the sharks her mother loved, she'll finally be able to look beyond what she's lost and toward what's left to be discovered.

★"Confidently voiced."--Kirkus Reviews, starred
★"Richly layered."--Publishers Weekly, starred
★"A hopeful path forward."--Booklist, starred
★"Life-affirming."--BCCB, starred
★"Big-hearted." --Bookpage, starred
★"Will appeal to just about everyone." - SLC, starred
★"Exquisitely, beautifully real."--Shelf Awareness, starred

Author: Kate Allen
ISBN-10: 0735231605
ISBN-13: 9780735231603
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2019
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 501508 / Line Tender


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2019 pg. 77
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 95
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2019 pg. 74
Publishers Weekly 03/18/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2019
Booklist 04/01/2019 pg. 64
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2019 - Recommended - Readable
Shelf Awareness 11/26/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average
BookPage 04/01/2019