{"id":44322,"date":"2025-01-31T22:29:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T03:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=44322"},"modified":"2025-01-31T22:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T03:29:22","slug":"review-of-strong-like-the-sea-by-wendy-s-swore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=44322","title":{"rendered":"Review of Strong Like the Sea, by Wendy S. Swore"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Strong Like the Sea<\/em><\/p>\n

by Wendy S. Swore<\/p>\n

Shadow Mountain, 2021. 295 pages.
\nReview written September 26, 2024, from a library book.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Set in Hawaii on the island of Oahu, this is the story of 12-year-old Alexis, who loves to do puzzles and wants to win her school’s history project competition, but who is currently afraid of the ocean because of a bad experience. Alexis’s dad teaches diving lessons, but her mother is a codebreaker who’s currently deployed on a submarine somewhere far away. But Mom has left intriguing puzzles and codes for Alexis, leading to a prize.<\/p>\n

The fun of this book is that there are some truly cool puzzles for Alexis to follow. There’s also a cipher in the book for the reader to solve (with the code spelled out in the back). Alexis does her history project on Mavis Batey, a codebreaker from World War II, which ties in with the other puzzles. <\/p>\n

Along the way, Alexis must deal with her father’s schedules (will there be enough time to make an awesome project *and* solve Mom’s puzzles?) and her own fear of the ocean. And then there’s a typhoon in the Pacific and Mom doesn’t connect for their weekly call.<\/p>\n

This is a fun book for budding code breakers and puzzle solvers, with a nice taste of Oahu thrown in.<\/p>\n

wendyswore.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Find this review on Sonderbooks<\/a> at: www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Fiction\/strong_like_the_sea.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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