Storms. Chris Vick

      

      

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2017

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      Source ISBN: 9780008158354

      Ebook Edition © 2017 ISBN: 9780008158361

      Version: 2017-03-17

       For Julia, Lucy, Steve and Janine. You know why.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

      Part One: Before the Storms

      Jake

      Hannah

      Jake

      Hannah

      Jake

      Hannah

      Jake

Part Two: September – The First Storm

Jake

Jake

Hannah

Jake

Hannah

Jake

Hannah

Hannah

Jake

       Hannah

       Jake

       Part Three: Between the Storms

       Jake

       Hannah

       Hannah

       Jake

       Jake

       Jake

       Hannah

       Jake

       Hannah

       Jake

       Jake

       Hannah

       Part Four: Storms

       Jake

       Hannah

       Hannah

       Hannah

       Jake

       Hannah

       Jake

       Jake

       Hannah

       Jake

       Hannah

       Hannah

       Jake

       Jake

       Hannah

       Jake

       Part Five: After the Storms

       Hannah

       Hannah

       Hannah

       Hannah

       Jake

       Hannah

       Jake

       Hannah and Jake, Jake and Hannah

       Acknowledgements

       Keep Reading …

       Books by Chris Vick

       About the Publisher

PART ONE

       www.Eye-Sea-Surfcheck.com

       Forecast

       Winds: light-variable

       Conditions: calm

       Waves: clean, fun, 2ft

      Blue skies, calm seas.

      No major swell, people. A few 2 or 3 ft peelers on the more exposed beaches.

      But hey, it’s summer. The sky is blue.

      Enjoy the balmy weather.

      Get on a longboard.

      Drink beer.

      Have fun.

       Jake

      THE PLAN WAS to get to the beach for a sunset surf, then sit round the fire with some other idiots and their girlfriends, talking shit and sinking beers. When he’d had his fill of it, he’d fall on his sleeping bag, drunk. After a few hours’ kip, he’d be woken by the dawn, and the crash of waves.

      Surf. Party. Dawn surf. Home for Mum’s fry-up. That was the plan. Not falling for some girl.

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