Kook

Kook
Chris Vick

A heart-pounding love story that grips like a riptide, and doesn’t let go…Fifteen-year old Sam has moved from the big city to the coast – stuck there with his mum and sister on the edge of nowhere.Then he meets beautiful but damaged surfer-girl Jade. Soon he’s in love with her, and with surfing itself. But Jade is driven by an obsession: finding and riding a legendary huge wave no one has ever ridden.As the weeks wear on, their relationship barrels forward with the force of a deep-water wave – into a storm, to danger … and to heartbreak.

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2016

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Copyright © Chris Vick 2016

Cover photographs © Colin Anderson/Blend Images/Corbis (boy); Erik Isakson/Blend Images/Corbis (girl); Shutterstock.com (http://Shutterstock.com) (all other images).

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Ebook Edition © MARCH 2016 ISBN: 9780008158330

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Dedication (#ufac75bba-ed4a-58d2-bed8-05e500306047)

For Sarah and Lamorna

Table of Contents

Cover (#u2a3b8096-d4a7-501b-ad5f-d70a16d45ea3)

Title Page (#u1b0e2820-6608-5941-8a82-a8fd50564377)

Copyright (#u889af600-0f01-50bc-ac69-c5d2b066e2f0)

Dedication (#ub8d37568-118d-5a56-a4ef-6f27fb440f2e)

Epigraph (#ubb13ecc2-8fac-5066-8751-8bb047201a97)

Chapter 1 (#u4f3e1ace-4673-5df7-ae76-64d5aec3f81a)

Chapter 2 (#u04da6a13-8cee-5f8d-8b3e-e33510fd3a62)

Chapter 3 (#u1c58560d-32bb-5d93-b1fd-cc008d61745b)

Chapter 4 (#u156d7ad6-971a-5b61-b7c7-810e232715b9)

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Chapter 8 (#u8ac2df4a-20e1-59dd-a1fe-3ad6c576f410)

Chapter 9 (#u77780e5d-ae51-5391-92d4-03a838de0231)

Chapter 10 (#u1f0d77cf-9522-5a14-8246-dc11eb4015df)

Chapter 11 (#ue8549827-bf23-5823-8f18-d1cbb05050c9)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)