Elizabeth's Landing

Name: Elizabeth's Landing
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Katy Pye
ISBN: 9781094126388

Author: Katy Pye

Narrator: Taylor Meskimen

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 02/29/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction

Synopsis

Winner of four book awards—adult fiction and middle-grade/YA—Elizabeth’s Landing bridges risk and loss with hope and hearts in this compelling family and environmental saga.Port Winston, Texas—home to sun, sand, and shopping. What’s not to like? Everything to fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Barker. Port Winston is a far cry from small-town Missouri where Elizabeth used to be somebody and family meant something a whole lot different. Taunted at school as the newbie camera geek, Elizabeth’s given up trying to fit in. Between Mom’s journalism assignment in Mexico, Dad’s fourteen-hour workdays on top of weekends minding Grandpa and his shrimp boat, Elizabeth’s once close-knit family life is in shreds.And there’s Grandpa. Not just ornery, he’s got more judgments than the Old Testament. When he pronounces Elizabeth 10¢ shy of worthless and headed for trouble, she bolts for Wayward Landing beach—the county’s last wild haven. 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.Elizabeth’s fight to save the Landing for the turtles unearths a long-buried family tragedy and unexpected ties to the Landing’s powerful developer. When the Deepwater Horizon oil slick threatens the sea turtles’ Louisiana feeding grounds, Elizabeth’s plans for Port Winston’s turtles and the Landing hit overdrive. But others are primed and waiting to hit back.

About Katy Pye

Katy Pye lives and writes on California’s North Coast. Elizabeth’s Landing is her first novel. Camera in hand, her daily walks along the ocean or redwood forest trails provide inspiration and entertainment. Known to talk to local tree frogs, hummingbirds, turkeys, and sometimes coyotes, she is delighted when they talk back.

About Taylor Meskimen

Taylor Meskimen is an actress and a narrator. Her audiobook readings include several L. Ron Hubbard novels, such as Gun Boss of Tumbleweed and Death Waits at Sundown.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin

A well told story about a 14 year old girl who finds a turtle egg nest on the beach, and fiercely fights to protect the turtles and their beach. A comfortable read, the story flows very nicely, the characters are very realistic. The research into the facts of the environmental issues is very well do......more

Goodreads review by K.L.

Would you have guessed that turtles have belly buttons? Would you think it possible that 40,000 turtles could return to a beach in Mexico to nest their eggs? Well, it's true! Elizabeth Barker and her parents have relocated from their home in Coulter City, Missouri to Port Winston, Texas. The objectiv......more

Goodreads review by Diane

Port Winston has a beach, shopping, and a pleasant atmosphere; but to teen Elizabeth, who's been moved mid-school year to Texas, it contains little of interest and much to avoid - including her judgmental, fisherman grandfather, who thinks she's nothing but trouble. At first glance, Elizabeth might s......more

Goodreads review by Michaela

Katy Pye’s novel Elizabeth’s Landing is a delightful read and joins the ranks of Carl Hiaasen’s Hoot for the young reader genre. The story is told from the perspective of a 14-year-old girl, and while it will capture the younger generation in details, the story is not too juvenile for adult readers.......more

Goodreads review by Drucilla

The author weaved everything together really well. It may be a weird thing to say, but I really felt the passage of time, which is not something I often notice in a book (I liked it). I did think that Elizabeth was a little naive/younger than her 14 years would imply, but maybe I'm superimposing my......more