Sea Book Review

5

Sea
Author: Heidi R. Kling
Pages: 336 pgs
Reading Level: YA
Published: June 10th 2010
Review Source: Purchased



This is my first novel that has I honestly became so inspired by, I wanted to jump in the book and help in the Pesantren. I truly loved how the author gave us enough details about the customs in Indonesia. I felt while reading I should be wearing a Jilbab. The way Indonesia is portrayed along with their people is perfectly written. The Story takes place 6 months after the tsunami hit the shore of Aceh.


Sienna is the main character we follow through her grief from loosing her mother 3 years before while her mother was on a mission in Thailand. Sea is her name given by her best friend Spidey, who she has in interest for in her hometown. Sienna Dad for her birthday gives her the gift of traveling to Indonesia with him and Team Hope. She has not been on a plane or water since her mother's disappearance in the ocean. So Sienna father does this to help her start getting better and hopefully learn to cope. They arrive and Sienna sees how the orphanage needs her help as much as she needs their help too. She has to stay in the girls room and learn to adjust to their customs of showering and eating. She then meets Deni, the mysterious boy with a limp. She is intrigued by him and start to get to know him more, while breaking rules. They build a beautiful sweet relationship and Sienna and Deni help each other cope. I don't want to give to much of this Beautifully told story of Love, Loss and breakthrough. It will inspire you I guarantee it.


Terima Kasih! (Thank you!) 

Synopsis: Haunted by recurring nightmares since her mother’s disappearance over the Indian ocean three years before, fifteen-year old California girl Sienna Jones reluctantly travels with her psychiatrist father’s volunteer team to six-months post-tsunami Indonesia where she meets the scarred and soulful orphaned boy, Deni, who is more like Sea than anyone she has ever met. 

She knows they can’t be together, so why can’t she stay away from him? And what about her old best friend-turned-suddenly-hot Spider who may or may not be waiting for her back home? And why won’t her dad tell her the truth about her mother’s plane crash? The farther she gets from home, the closer she comes to finding answers. 

And Sea’s real adventure begins.