Out of Season, by Kari Jones (Orca Current Publishing, $10.95PB, grades 4-8, ages 9-12, 109 pp, 2012) Review by Skye Anderson.
One in a series of 42* "Orca Currents" books for middle school readers, Out of Season features a 14-year-old girl kayaker who discovers three sea otters off the coast of her California home and falls in love with the cute animals but then her father fisherman loses his boat and they hear about poachers.
What's a girl to do when she has a secret and has to disobey her mother in order to save the sea otters and her father's occupation? Can she continue to wake up before dawn and sneak out of the house to kayak to the next bay to see if the otters are still there? And what if they aren't?
Maya's older brother is in the fishing business with his dad yet still tries to boss his little sister around, but deep down inside they truly care for each other and take care of each other.
Sea Urchins vs Sea Otters
This is a tale of a hard but rewarding life, about bad guys posing as the good guys, about love for animals and family along with a rapidly accelerating plot that will turn you into a page-turner!
Other Orca Current books on my list to read include Junkyard Dog, DogWalker and Camped Out.
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