Together, Caroline and Kalinda must set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother - before Caroline loses her forever. Now, Caroline must find the strength to confront her feelings for Kalinda, brave the spirit stalking her through the islands, and face the reason her mother abandoned her. The realistic fantasy and coming-of-age book was published in March 2018 by Scholastic Press. Kalinda, a solemn girl from Barbados with a special smile for everyone, becomes Caroline's first and only friend - and the person for whom Caroline has begun to develop a crush. Hurricane Child is a middle-grade debut novel by Kacen Callender. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, a spirit only she can see won't stop following her, and - worst of all - Caroline's mother left home one day and never came back.īut when a new student named Kalinda arrives, Caroline's luck begins to turn around.

Kacen was previously an Associate Editor of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. She's hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Virgin Islands during a hurricane, Caroline has always considered herself unlucky: she is bullied at. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, Kacen Callender is the award-winning author of the middle-grade novel Hurricane Child, the young-adult novels This Is An Epic Kind Of Love Story and Felix Ever After, and the adult novel Queen Of The Conquered.

Prepare to be swept up by this exquisite novel that reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways.īeing born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately.

Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender