Ocean Lost

by Sarah Wagstaff

Walter crawled up on a foreign shore after escaping his parent's murderer. Walter learned a new language, straightened up and found a new family. Now at sixteen Walter's fallen for an impossible love. Sienna swims competitively and Walter's allergic to pool water. With too many secrets and life threatening dangers, how can this relationship ever work? Especially since Sienna's human and Walter is not.

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2013

About the author

I was part of the first computers revolution. In elementary school I played with punch reels for curls with my younger sisters. I grew up with the large floppy discs. My father introduced me to Asimov, Heinlein, and McCaffery at a young age.

In college I studied psychology, history and flute. I teach and perform on multiple instruments.

When my father was diagnosed with a terminal cancer I began writing. I am currently working on a series of books about elemental teenagers who transform into mythical creatures.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote this book so I'm not qualified to comment.

But I loved writing it! I welcome reviews.

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[Melody Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sarah tells a good story here. She engages the reader, and really has you rooting for the protagonist. I would say that Ocean Lost would engage readers of different levels, from middle reader on up. It's a fun adventure, involving a high school aged girl and a teen merman around the same age. You don't have to worry about crude language or inappropriate material with her work, unlike some books out there. She is a talented writer. I can't wait to read more of her works to come!

[C.M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started out rough, though it did improve around the halfway point or so. The dialogue was stilted at times and none of the adults acted normally. Seriously, when a kid is near death no adult with half a brain would just let a friend take him home instead of loading him into an ambulance and taking him straight to a hospital.

And ***SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT*** I don't understand why Walter could so easily tell Sienna and her family his secret but refused to tell his adoptive parents, even though he seemed very close to them. It would have probably saved him a lot of trouble and lies if he had. Why is it that kids in fiction are always willing to tell everyone but family their secrets? In my opinion family should be the first to know.

[Lizzie Buchmiller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable read from a fresh new writer that is clean enough for the whole family. It is a great quick read that is engaging. I personally am not a mermaid fan but this book made the mermaid world interesting for me by looking at mermaids in a different light. The story contains a great plot and focuses on the implications of meeting a mermaid. The character development is interesting because it contains on how different cultures seem strange to an outsider. I would defiantly suggest this to those that want a fresh new way to look at mermaids and discover the adventure under the ocean!