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Young Maya always hears of everyone in her fishing village being scared of "The Beast," the giant wave that crashes into the shoreline every day, and after seeing boys surfing it she is determined to surf it herself, showing everyone the beauty it has to offer.
3) Dude!
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A platypus and a beaver who love surfing encounter a shark -- with unexpected results.
5) Surfer Chick
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The story of a little chick and her dad who take to the beach where he teaches her how to surf.
7) Samira surfs
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After months of rebuilding a new life in Bangladesh with her family, Samira decides to become a Bengali surfer girl of Cox's Bazar, in this novel in verse about a young Rohingya girl's journey from isolation and persecution to sisterhood, and from fear to power.
9) Beach pug
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Series
Language
English
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It is Bub the pug's first trip to the beach, and Bella wants to enter him in a pet-surfing contest, but Bub is scared of the ocean and refuses, so he hopes to make it up to Bella by presenting her with the treasure at the end of the map he found.
10) Beach bully
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Isaac and his parents have just moved into a house by the ocean, and he is willing to try surfboarding, but there is a bully among the local boys on the beach who seems determined to drive him away.
11) Surf's up!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
DEN - Can You Dig It?
DEN - Summer Books for Kids + Teens! 🌞
JEF - Great Outdoors Month - June (Children)
DEN - Summer Books for Kids + Teens! 🌞
JEF - Great Outdoors Month - June (Children)
Description
Clarence joins his neighbor, Mr. Dent, and his cat Throttle for a day of surfing at the beach, but when Throttle gets into trouble and cannot swim, it's up to Clarence to save the day.
12) Surfing shake-up
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Rosie loves surfing at her Aunt Hazel's surfing school in Byron Bay, Australia, but this summer she is tasked with teaching her cousin Flora to surf although the two have never liked each other--and Rosie is finding it difficult to overcome her dislike.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Lena, almost sixteen, has always felt drawn to the waters of San Francisco Bay despite the fears of her father, a former surfer, but after she glimpses a beautiful woman with a tail, nothing can keep Lena from seeking the mermaid in the dangerous waves at Magic Crescent Cove.
14) Surf's up
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
DEN - Summer Books for Kids + Teens! 🌞
JEF - Black Voices (Children)
JEF - Great Outdoors Month - June (Children)
JEF - Black Voices (Children)
JEF - Great Outdoors Month - June (Children)
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Description
"Surf's up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick), Dude can't help but get curious. Before you can shout 'Surf's up!' both frogs are sharing the same adventure, that is, until they get to the beach"--Excerpt from Amazon.com.
15) Second star
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Wendy Darling sets out to find her missing surfer brothers and finds herself on a secluded California beach, where she meets Pete, Belle, Jas, and others, learns to surf, helps some of them steal while avoiding the other's drug trade, and falls in love.
16) Wave
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.
17) Storm surfer
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Jill never expected her week at surf camp to be interrupted by a hurricane, but one is heading for the North Carolina coast. Abby and Sara think surfing in a hurricane will be amazing. Then the waves get out of control. Time is running out, and the storm is coming.
18) Pig kahuna
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Fergus is afraid to go in the water, but he and his baby brother Dink find a surfboard while collecting treasures along the seashore.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Ever since he arrived at his family's rented summer house, Brandan has been hearing horror stories from all of the locals about sharks in the water. His new friend and surfing partner, Alex, swears the stories aren't true, but Brendan can't shake his fear. Then, one day, when Alex and Brendan are surfing off the coast, Brendan's shark nightmare comes true in a horrible way.
20) Riptide
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"While training for a surfing competition to earn a college scholarship, Grace Parker struggles with her feelings toward her best friend Ford Watson and tries to conceal her family's toxic dynamics"--
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