Northwest Sulawesi, Indonesia (photo by Viktor Kaposi).

Hai! Apa kabar? (Hi! How are you?)

Just for today, let’s channel Indonesia. Seems like the best way to celebrate the official release of Heidi R. Kling’s debut young adult novel, Sea (Putnam, 2010)! WooHoo!

*splash*

You know how much I love first books — we haven’t celebrated one in awhile here at alphabet soup, and Sea is just the thing now that summer is here. I can’t wait to read all about fifteen-year-old Sienna Jones, who’s been traumatized ever since her mother’s plane went missing over the Indian Ocean. 

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