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The killing sea by richard lewis6/27/2023 Sarah barely registers Ruslan's existence before stalking off to the sailboat when her mother insists she don a headscarf out of respect for the local culture. A budding artist, he returns home later that night and draws her in his sketchbook (against the teachings of a local cleric who deems any image-making to be a form of idolatry). Ruslan (whose mechanic father ultimately fixes the engine) is captivated by Sarah's blue eyes. The two meet briefly when Sarah's family anchors their sailboat near the cafe, looking for a mechanic to fix their engine. Two protagonists move through the story: Ruslan, a local Indonesian boy who works at a small beachside cafe in the town of Meulaboh and Sarah, a teenager sailing with her family through the Indonesian islands over the Christmas holiday. Am I glad I did! It's a wonderful read and a real page turner. I purchased it for my son but couldn't wait for him to get through a trilogy he is currently reading and so I picked up The Killing Sea and read it myself. I finished Richard Lewis's most recent YA novel The Killing Sea in two days.
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