Sea Chase

by Curtis Parkinson

Chosen for inclusion in the reading list for the 2006 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award

Nominated for the 2005 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Book


Fifteen-year-old Brodie and his father are sailing aboard their small yacht in the Caribbean, just off Colombia, when his father is lost overboard in the middle of the night. By the time Brodie discovers what has happened, he realizes he is all alone. If his father is to survive, Brodie must find him.

He soon learns that his father is being held captive by kidnappers who believe him to be a rich businessman, instead of the poor single dad he is. The suspenseful, fast-paced story of Brodie’s quest will take him and readers into the dark world of Colombian drug traffickers, guerillas, and paramilitaries set against jungle, mountain, and sea. Brodie’s wild adventure grips the reader from the first moment to the satisfying conclusion.

185 pages, Paperback

First published September 14, 2004

About the author

Curtis Parkinson grew up in Kingston, Ontario. He graduated from Queen's University in chemical engineering and worked in South America and in Canada for many years. Then he moved to the Caribbean to live on a sailboat and to write, a lifelong dream. As Curtis says, "Many rejections later, the cat fell off the boat one night, and the cat's story became my first book, Tom Foolery."

More picture books and short stories followed, then five young adult novels.

Reviews

[Juhee.s · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thisbook is a really good book. Its for people who like adventure.
Its really about a boy who lots his dad in the mmiddle of the sea, but he know who took him so he tries to find his dad during the search he makes lots of friends too.