Hurricane Child Auto Marie Lamba Winner of the Center for

Winner of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and an American Library Association Alex Award

So what if he's only baked bread before

When he’s not unravelling Earth’s mysteries

size and every kind of relation -- the child realizes that as long as her family is full of caring people

you’ll see a lineup of Busytown vehicles

Hurricane Child Auto Marie Lamba Winner of the Center forPrepare to be swept up by this exquisite novel that reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways. Winner of the Stonewall Book Award! Winner of the Lambda Literary Award! Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and twelve year old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She's hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, a spirit only she