It’s one that leaves you thinking and feeling hopeful for the power of change. From her childhood friendship with a surfer named Spider, to touching lives at an orphanage in Yogyakarta this book brought me to tears. When her father, a renowned world psychiatrist gifts her a trip to Indonesia with Team Hope, Sienna is forced to face her biggest fears.

Once filled with adventure and a love of the ocean, she has changed. Sea is lyrically written from the eyes of Sienna, a young girl who suffers from PTSD and nightmares after losing her mother. What an outstanding debut novel by Heidi R Kling.

The teasers started a creative flurry of activity for me of photos and jewelry, and I requested our local Barnes and Noble order it in. 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.Įver since I first read about Heidi’s book on Twitter I was intrigued by premise and elements of the story. 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. 31 Jul, 2010 by Heather in book review, putnam, Sea 5 comments

Sea by heidi r kling