Mendocino, CA: Pyewacky Press, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A novel for older children and young adults, which looks at the effect of the Deepwater Horizon oil slick on the Louisiana coast and the sea turtles' feeding grounds. For 14 year-old Elizabeth Barker, in the middle of 9th grade, when Dad uprooted the family, returning to his Gulf coast hometown, she finds their once close-knit life is in shreds and taunted as "the newbie camera geek at school." She impusively bolts for for Wayward Landing beach - the county's last wild haven where her "impulsive defense of an endangered, nesting sea turtle against a trio of bullies ignites new purpose, a challenging friendship, and troubles even Grandpa couldn't predict." INSCRIBED on the dedication page and dated in the year of publication. Promotional material laid in. 347 pp. ISBN: 978-0989097314.