num_pages: 224
description: Medina Mason is a defiant, awkward newcomer to the affluent beach community of Palos Verdes, California. As her parents' marriage disintegrates and her beloved brother falls prey to the temptations of drugs and the lunacy of their mother, Medina surfs to survive, finding a bitter solace in the rough comfort of the waves. This is the moving story of growing up "different," of the love between siblings, and of one girl's power to save herself.
language: English
title: The Tribes of Palos Verdes
titlecomplete: The Tribes of Palos Verdes
genres: Audiobook, Coming Of Age, Female Authors, Literary Fiction, Novels, Womens, Young Adult, Mental Illness, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1107
places: California
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin