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1) Riptide
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While training for a surfing competition to earn a college scholarship, Grace Parker struggles with her feelings toward her best friend Ford Watson and tries to conceal her family's toxic dynamics"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lena, almost sixteen, has always felt drawn to the waters of San Francisco Bay despite the fears of her father, a former surfer, but after she glimpses a beautiful woman with a tail, nothing can keep Lena from seeking the mermaid in the dangerous waves at Magic Crescent Cove.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Young Maya always hears of everyone in her fishing village being scared of "The Beast," the giant wave that crashes into the shoreline every day, and after seeing boys surfing it she is determined to surf it herself, showing everyone the beauty it has to offer."--
Author
Series
Outer Banks ; 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a professional surfer washes up dead on the beach right before the big surfing competition, Pope, Kiara and the rest of the Pogues suspect foul play."--
5) Dawn patrol
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Kevin disappears, leaving only a cryptic note, his best friends Luca and Esme have no choice but to try and find him. Their journey takes them to the coast of Panama, where they confront monster waves, unfriendly locals and a surfer who seems bent on destroying them. As their hope dwindles and time runs out, Luca and Esme realize they may be in over their heads"--P. [4] of cover.
6) The ledge
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nick was used to being good at everything. Hockey, football, track, they all came easy to him. Surfing was his latest passion. That is, until the accident. Now partially paralyzed, Nick is angry, depressed and getting far too fond of his prescription meds. But his frequent visits to his physiotherapist, a Syrian refugee, and a budding friendship with a partial amputee who has also experienced firsthand the horrors of war help him start to piece his...
9) Samira surfs
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"After months of rebuilding a new life in Bangladesh with her family, Samira decides to become a Bengali surfer girl of Cox's Bazar, in this novel in verse about a young Rohingya girl's journey from isolation and persecution to sisterhood, and from fear to power." --
10) Dude!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A platypus and a beaver who love surfing encounter a shark -- with unexpected results. Using just the one word "dude" this almost wordless picture book shows how much gnarly fun the dudes have surfing together. --
11) Surfer Chick
Author
Language
English
Description
The story of a little chick and her dad who take to the beach where he teaches her how to surf.
14) Beach pug
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It is Bub the pug's first trip to the beach, and Bella wants to enter him in a pet-surfing contest, but Bub is scared of the ocean and refuses, so he hopes to make it up to Bella by presenting her with the treasure at the end of the map he found."--
15) Surf's up
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Surf's up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick), Dude can't help but get curious. Before you can shout 'Surf's up!' both frogs are sharing the same adventure, that is, until they get to the beach"--Excerpt from Amazon.com.
16) Summer and July
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old goth girl Juillet and thirteen-year-old surfer girl Summer meet, they set aside their painful pasts and begin to transform into they people they would like to be.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Ever since he arrived at his family's rented summer house, Brandan has been hearing horror stories from all of the locals about sharks in the water. His new friend and surfing partner, Alex, swears the stories aren't true, but Brendan can't shake his fear. Then, one day, when Alex and Brendan are surfing off the coast, Brendan's shark nightmare comes true in a horrible way.
18) Laguna Cove
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Anne's new life in Southern California feels more like a death sentence, with a different school, no friends, and family problems, so when she learns to surf in order to fit in, her efforts are not popular with everyone.
19) Pig kahuna
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Fergus is afraid to go in the water, but he and his baby brother Dink find a surfboard while collecting treasures along the seashore.
20) Riptide
Author
Series
Publisher
Darby Creek
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When a bad storm hits while best friends Maya and Paige are surfing, they find themselves trapped on a sandbar, both injured, and with a shark nearby." --
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