Alison Reads

Thirteen-year-old Miles O’Malley knows more about the ecology of the tidal mudflat near his home in Olympia than anyone. That summer he finds a giant squid and a rare deep-sea fish that was thought to be extinct. He becomes a minor celebrity and members of a religious cult seek him out. Miles is passionate about marine ecology and his hero is Rachel Carson. This is an adult book and there is frank talk about sex from a thirteen-year-old’s point of view and also from the troubled 20-year-old girl Miles has a crush on. I think it’s fine for mature teens as well.