Date 09 October 2024
Pages 253
Format cm 14 x 20
Price € 15.90
EAN 9782330196486
Publisher Website www.actes-sud.fr

Sand and Waves

Author Pascal Ruter
Publisher Actes Sud
Category Children's Books
GENRE Young Adult
Keywords Thriller - Murder - Runaway
Age 12-15YA
Summer break, the beach, seeing Gabrielle again... things should be great! But nothing goes as planned for Axel. Instead, he gets caught up in an argument that ends in... murder!

Every summer, Axel spends three weeks camping in a mobile home with his parents. This year, his father abandons their old dog on the side of the road. Axel, scared of his abusive father, does nothing to stop him. At least he'll get to see Gabrielle again. He’s in love with her. But just as he’s about to tell her how he feels, she reveals that she has a boyfriend. After being humiliated once again by his father, he heads to the beach. A man and a woman are arguing violently there: his parent’s friends. He steps between them, but the woman fatally wounds her husband. After dumping his lifeless body in the ocean, they both run away…