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The Storm Swimmer by Clare Weze

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The Storm Swimmer

Author
Clare Weze
Narrator
Karise Yansen
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Publish Date
19 January 2023
Run Time
6 hours 54 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
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Bloomsbury presents The Storm Swimmer by Clare Weze, read by Karise Yansen.

The author of THE LIGHTNING CATCHER is back with an exciting, imaginative and heartfelt middle grade novel perfect for fans of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant and The Shark Caller.

Summer was supposed to be Ginika's time for fun, friends and fairs. But instead she's been sent to live at the dead-end seaside boarding house her grandparents run. Even though her parents say it’s just for a little while, she can’t help feeling abandoned and heartbroken to be missing out on everything she loves back home.

And then she meets Peri. He leaps and dives through the water like a dolphin and he talks like a burst of bubbles. He’s not exactly a mermaid, but he’s definitely something Ginika's never seen before.

His family is far away too, but unlike Ginika, he loves his independence. As Ginika shows Peri her world, she starts to feel free as well. They don’t need anyone else when they’ve got each other. But then the lights and noise of the human world start to change Peri. And when things spin out of control, Ginika must be the bravest she's ever been to face her fears and make the hardest decision of her life.

Join Ginika and Peri as they dive beneath the waves and walk the lands that will take them into each other's worlds on an adventure they will never forget and a life-changing friendship.

Critics Review

  • I loved Clare's book. Every sentence a sea sparkle, luring me into new and beautiful worlds beneath the surface where myth and evolutionary magic meet. Marvellous!

    Zillah Bethell, author of The Shark Caller

  • A fun, fast-paced fusion of science and imagination ... an electrifying adventure!

    Sophie Anderson on THE LIGHTNING CATCHER

  • I loved this story of intrigue, danger and complicated friendship. Clare Weze is an amazing new voice

    Nizrana Farook on THE LIGHTNING CATCHER

  • An intelligent, highly charged, imaginative novel where science and fiction mesh and fizz extraordinarily to create a weird and wonderful adventure

    Candid Cocoa on THE LIGHTNING CATCHER

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  • This is great fun; an energetic middle-grade debut with a fresh contemporary feel and a good dash of Stranger Things

    Bookseller on THE LIGHTNING CATCHER

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Details
Author
Clare Weze
Narrator
Karise Yansen
Duration
6 hours 54 minutes
Release Date
19 January 2023
ISBN
9781526652942
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships

Synopsis

Bloomsbury presents The Storm Swimmer by Clare Weze, read by Karise Yansen.The author of THE LIGHTNING CATCHER is back with an exciting, imaginative and heartfelt middle grade novel perfect for fans of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant and The Shark Caller.Summer was supposed to be Ginika's time for fun, friends and fairs. But instead she's been sent to live at the dead-end seaside boarding house her grandparents run. Even though her parents say it’s just for a little while, she can’t help feeling abandoned and heartbroken to be missing out on everything she loves back home.And then she meets Peri. He leaps and dives through the water like a dolphin and he talks like a burst of bubbles. He’s not exactly a mermaid, but he’s definitely something Ginika's never seen before.His family is far away too, but unlike Ginika, he loves his independence. As Ginika shows Peri her world, she starts to feel free as well. They don’t need anyone else when they’ve got each other. But then the lights and noise of the human world start to change Peri. And when things spin out of control, Ginika must be the bravest she's ever been to face her fears and make the hardest decision of her life.Join Ginika and Peri as they dive beneath the waves and walk the lands that will take them into each other's worlds on an adventure they will never forget and a life-changing friendship.

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