Julio Torres' novella My Twisted Summer
is a coming-of-age surfing adventure for Solon and his two friends who
ignore a mandatory beach evacuation to surf the approaching swells
generated by Hurricane Alice. After lying to their parents, they manage
to pull it off and be the only people on beachside as the hurricane hits
and floods their home that’s next to the ocean. Through shark wrestling
and breaking into a home for food and water, the boys get their
waves and meet a summer love and three men.
After
seeking vengeance from the guys in the supermarket, they are forced to
leave their sanctuary and seek one last adventure before going back to
civilization. That decision changes their lives and brings them full
circle with the ocean.
About the Author
As
a middle school Language Arts teacher Julio Torres knows the kind of stories that
inspire teens to continue reading throughout their lives – the number
one difference that Torres has witnessed in the classroom is that the
students who read at home for fun are the ones who find the lessons easy
to understand. "Reading is like going to the mental gym. The more you
workout your neurons the greater ability to think you will have."
Living
in Brevard County for the past 20 years has allowed Torres to bring these
beach scenes to life. Any local surfer can relate to and experience
the decisions by the male teens.
The book is available at the website www.lulu.com and at Amazon Kindle store.
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