The boy and the sea
By: Kirsty Gunn
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780571230198
Subjects: Teenage boys; Juvenile fiction; Adolescence
Description: At the start of a summer's day, Ward is waiting on the beach. His friend, Alex, wants him to come to a party at Alison's where there'll be girls and drinks and possibilities of fun. But Ward is shy and self-conscious and struggling to move from under the weight of his powerful father. He'd rather wait on the beach for the surf to come up. As the sun moves towards its highest point, the tide changes and Ward is faced with a dramatic event that will change his life forever.