Molly remembers the good times living aboard her family's boat, Emerald Eyes. She remembers how her father would say that dolphins were a sign of good luck. But now the dolphins are gone. And happiness seems to have died with Molly's father. In the aftermath of his sudden death, Molly and her mother struggle to make sense of how and why he died. The loving bond between mother and daughter seems irreparably broken as Molly holds her mother responsible for her father's death. At the same time, Molly is weighed down by her own ...
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Molly remembers the good times living aboard her family's boat, Emerald Eyes. She remembers how her father would say that dolphins were a sign of good luck. But now the dolphins are gone. And happiness seems to have died with Molly's father. In the aftermath of his sudden death, Molly and her mother struggle to make sense of how and why he died. The loving bond between mother and daughter seems irreparably broken as Molly holds her mother responsible for her father's death. At the same time, Molly is weighed down by her own feelings of grief--and guilt. Now Molly and her mother must make a new life. But a new life means selling Emerald Eyes, the boat Molly's father loved. Molly is determined to do whatever it takes to keep her father's boat--including stealing it. In this moving novel, Carole Crowe explores the conflicted emotions that one girl feels in the wake of her father's death, and the long interior journey she must make before she finds peace with herself and understanding with her mother.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by the author on title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Faint edgewear to dust jacket. Mild shelfwear to bottoms of boards. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 144 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. By the author of 'Turtle Girl' and 'Groover's Heart'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Book ISBN: 1-56397-847-4. Author lives on a sailboat in the Caribbean Doug Chayka dj art. fine, fine dj, navy cloth w/ slate blue bds. Clean. NOT ex-libr 139 pgs.
