Twelve-year-old Alec and his cousin Mary are vacationing in New Jersey, helping their uncle run his arcade on the seaside boardwalk, when a hurricane and a monster threaten their very lives.
In these coastal poems for kids, children meet sea lions, starfish, jellyfish, and other animals in the ocean, and dream about sandcastles and other beach activities.
Sarey resents a new family member, Faith, blaming her for her father's death which occurred when he saved Faith from a shipwreck off the Atlantic coast.