Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Copyright Date: 2023

Edition Date: 2023 Release Date: 02/02/23

Pages: 144 pages

ISBN: 1-646-03313-2

ISBN 13: 978-1-646-03313-3

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2022935695

Dimensions: 22 cm

Subject Heading:
Family secrets. Juvenile fiction.
Family secret. Fiction.
Mothers and daughters. Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters. Fiction.
Pollution. Juvenile fiction.
Pollution. Fiction.

Language: English

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Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references.

Reading Level: 3.5

Interest Level: 3-6

Lexile: 680L

"...Artemis Sparke is pure energy! ...Kenna's well-crafted debut is a timely gift." -- Leslie Connor, National Book Award finalist and author of The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle and Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? When Artemis Sparke has had it with humans, she heads to the nearby salt marsh to hang out with the birds, plants, and mollusks who don't make a big deal of her stutter. The shoreline sanctuary is predictable, unlike her family and friends, and the data in her science journal proves it. But one day that data goes haywire, and her bird friend RT confirms it: the salt marsh is dying. Artemis discovers that the historic hotel where she lives with her mom may be part of the problem, but speaking up would mean confronting the cranky hotel owner who happens to be her mom's boyfriend and boss. Artemis conjures up help from deceased ecologists, and as she works to untangle their clues, she finds family secrets that could be the key to saving the salt marsh but also may destroy her life as she knows it.