num_pages: 214
description: Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky and 12-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She's hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands a spirit only she can see won't stop following her andworst of allCaroline's mother left home one day and never came back. But when a new student named Kalinda arrives Caroline's luck begins to turn around. Kalinda a solemn girl from Barbados with a special smile for everyone becomes Caroline's first and only friendand the person for whom Caroline has begun to develop a crush. Now Caroline must find the strength to confront her feelings for Kalinda brave the spirit stalking her through the islands and face the reason her mother abandoned her. Together Caroline and Kalinda must set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing motherbefore Caroline loses her forever.
language: English
title: Hurricane Child
publisher: Scholastic