Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead Natalie Lloyd and Jasmine Warga this beautiful novel in verse explores one girls struggle to regain her magic after a hurricane forces her to move away from her beloved ocean that she believes has given her special powers. Bighearted and observant twelve-year-old Murray OShea loves the ocean. Every chance she gets shes in it. It could be because the ocean never makes her apologize for being exactly who she is--something her family refuses to do--but it could also be because of the secret magic that Murray shares with the ocean. Though she cant explain its presence the electric buzz she feels from her fingertips down to her toes allows her to become one with the ocean and all its creatures and it makes Murray feel seen in a way she never feels on land. But then a hurricane hits Murrays Jersey Shore home sending the OSheas far inland to live with relatives. Being this far from the ocean Murray seems to lose her magic. And stuck in a house with her family she can no longer avoid the truths shes discovering about herself--like how she feels in the clothes her mom makes her wear or why she doesnt have boys on the brain like other girls her age. But its not all hurricanes and heartache. Thankfully Murray befriends a boy named Dylan who has a magic of his own. When Murray agrees to partner with him for a youth roller-rama competition in exchange for help getting her magic back the two forge an unstoppable bond--one that shows Murray how its not always the family you were given that makes you feel whole...sometimes its the family you build along the way.
