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"To tourists Hawaii is an air-conditioned tanning booth with shopping, booze, bikinis, and lots of smiling low-paid help. The real Hawaii is something else..."
When a beautiful journalist drowns mysteriously off Waikiki, former Special Forces veteran Pono Hawkins, now a well-known Hawaii surfer and international surfing journalist, quickly gets embroiled in trying to solve her death. What he learns soon targets him for murder or life in prison as...
4) Samira surfs
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Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Samira thinks of her life as before and after: before the burning and violence in her village in Burma, when she and her best friend would play in the fields, and after, when her family was forced to flee. There's before the uncertain journey to Bangladesh by river, and after, when the river swallowed her nana and nani whole. And now, months after rebuilding a life in Bangladesh with her mama, baba, and brother, there's before...
5) Dude!
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: Dude! You have to read this book. It's totally about this platypus and this beaver who are friends. They want to go surfing but dude, there's this shark who's in the ocean, too. But don't worry. This shark approaches and you'll never guess what happens.
6) Surfer Chick
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English
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The story of a little chick and her dad who take to the beach where he teaches her how to surf.
8) Pig kahuna
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011
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.
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English
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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.
10) Rhinos who surf
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Series
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
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Rhinos who surf get up early, paddle out, and have fun until the sun goes down when they ride the last wave to shore. Includes surfer lingo and a glossary of terms.
11) In waves
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Publisher
Nobrow Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A tale of love, heartbreak and surfing from an important new voice in comics. In Waves is Craig Thompson's Blankets meets William Finnegan's Barbarian Days. In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared love of surfing that brought them strength throughout their time together. With his passion for surfing uniting many narratives, he intertwines his own...
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