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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 neighbours. 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.

Funny, poignant, and deeply moving, The Line Tender is a story of nature's enduring mystery and the people willing to seek meaning and connection within it.

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ClassificationF ALL
PublisherDutton Books for Young Readers, 2019-04-16
SubjectJUVENILE FICTIONFamily & RelationshipsFamily IssuesFamily HistoryFathers and daughtersGirlsSharksDepression, MentalMental HealthHopeTragedy
ISBN9780735231603
Additional ISBN
0735231605 / 9780735231610
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Review
A National Bestseller
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2019
A Kirkus Best Book of 2019
A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2019
A Book Page Best Book of 2019
A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

★ "Kate Allen writes with lyric grace, and her beautifully textured narrative, of a girl struggling to understand and move beyond tragedy, is a triumph." - The Buffalo News
★ "Allen's understated but richly detailed story will help young readers dig into their resilience to see how they, too, can draw connections in their lives." - The Minneapolis Star Tribune
★ "A masterful blend of exuberant life and its accompanying tragedy." - The Florida Times Union
★ "Rich, complex, and confidently voiced." - Kirkus Reviews
★"Allen tackles the complexities of grief with subtly wry humor and insight in this richly layered middle grade debut about the power of science and love." - Publishers Weekly
★ "There's no art or science to navigating loss, but Allen blends both into a hopeful path forward." - Booklist
★ "This book will appeal to just about everyone." - School Library Connection
★ "Allen writes with tenderness and confidence ... a classic life-affirming weeper, and readers will pick up some respect for sharks along the sniffling way." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
★ "Numerous middle grade books deal with grief, but few do it so beautifully - and hopefully - as The Line Tender." - Bookpage
★ "Kate Allen has created a landscape that, in spite of being filled with big, heartbreaking themes of loss, is understated and exquisitely, beautifully real." - Shelf Awareness
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