num_pages: 374
description: “ Monkey Beach creates a vivid contemporary landscape that draws the reader deep into a traditional world, a hidden universe of premonition, pain and power.” --Thomas KingTragedy strikes a Native community when the Hill family’s handsome seventeen-year-old son, Jimmy, mysteriously vanishes at sea. Left behind to cope during the search-and-rescue effort is his sister, Lisamarie, a wayward teenager with a dark secret. She sets off alone in search of Jimmy through the Douglas Channel and heads for Monkey Beach—a shore famed for its sasquatch sightings. Infused by turns with darkness and humour, Monkey Beach is a spellbinding voyage into the long, cool shadows of B.C.’s Coast Mountains, blending teen culture, Haisla lore, nature spirits and human tenderness into a multi-layered story of loss and redemption.
language: English
title: Monkey Beach
titlecomplete: Monkey Beach
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Mystery, Canadian Literature, Canada, School, Young Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Fantasy
ratings_count: 8720
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Sunburst Award
category: Canadian Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
publisher: Vintage Canada