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MALIBU CARMIE Leah Komaiko Hardcover | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | May 2005 | $15.95 | 0-385-73172-8 | Ages 8-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | May 2005 | $17.99 | 0-385-90209-3 | Ages 8-12

Carmie Hoffman is ready to take a plunge in the deep end of the water. She’s ready to become fabulous and stop stressing about her mother, Elaine. Elaine is a hard-w or king single parent who is diagnosed with from chronic fatigue syndrome and that makes her depressed.

Carmie sees her chance to help her mom and convinces her mother to take her and best friend Jenny to Malibu Beach . When they get to the beach and soak up the total surfer environment, Elaine, out of nowhere, grabs a surfboard and does a hang 10. That’s when Carmie learns that her mom had a secret life bef or e Carmie was b or n: she was a Malibu surfer who ripped the waves. Now the name Moondoggie has come back into her life. Can Carmie handle that her mom was once a righteous surf goddess?   Will Carmie’s mom stop being so sad? Catch a wave or wipe out!

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Prepared by Annisha Jeffries, Teen Librarian, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio

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