Sea Monsters

Sea Monsters is a mesmerizing coming-of-age novel set in Mexico during the late 1980s, with a pulsing soundtrack of Joy Division, Nick Cave, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Seventeen-year-old Luisa longs for adventure and impulsively runs away to the Pacific coast with Tomas, a boy she barely knows. Along the way, they search for a traveling troupe of Ukrainian dwarfs and end up in a bohemian beach community. As Luisa disappears into the lives of strangers, her father sets out on a mission to find her. This brilliantly playful novel explores the moments and mysteries that shape us.