White Wave

by Mary Razzell

As World War II comes to an end Jenny John is filled with high hopes. She is leaving her small village on BC’s coast to start high school in Hobson’s Landing, away from the critical eye of her mother. Most of all, the end of the war means that Jenny’s father is returning home from the Navy. But things don’t go very smoothly. Jenny is alienated at her new school and her father seems to have forgotten that he has a family, as months have passed and he is still not home. Jenny decides that she must search for the truth – and that search leads her inevitably toward the boats and the sea that she and her father have loved.

196 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Mary Razzell's poetry, articles, and short stories have been published and broadcast internationally. She is the author of many young adult novels, including Snow Apples, finalist for the Canada Council Children's Literature Award; Salmonberry Wine, finalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Historical Fiction Award and the Sheila Egoff Children's BC Book Prize; Night Fires; White Wave, finalist for the Sheila Egoff Children's BC Book Prize; and Smuggler's Moon.