The Words in deep blue book by Cath Crowley is about a family who works in a book store called Howling books. The main characters' names are Rachel, Henry, Martin and George. So about the book, Rachel moves away with her mom and little brother Cal. They move out of the city to a house closer to the ocean. Rachel was best friends with Henry before she moved and liked him. The night before she moved she left a note in the letter library that is in the shop telling him that she liked him. Henry keeps contact with Rachel but she never responds. Several summers later Rachel visits the town for a distraction after her brother had drowned months before. She gets a job to work side by side with the boy she recently loved. The shop gets another new employee whose name is Martin, which George, Henry's sister isn't too thrilled about. The story continues in a dramatic way but you will have to read the book to find out all the details.
There are several parts of the book where there are deep and bonding moments. These moments helped the characters interact with each other in a better and more kind way. There are two moments I will be sharing and describing about. Family dinners at the house of dumplings and an incident by the dock.
First the Jones family dinners are at the dumpling house every Friday night in their town. Henry's family talks about books they have recently read. This is like a bonding time for the family because typically they are all working and don't have time to have deep conversations, but sitting here each Friday gives them each that chance.
The second bonding experience is with the four friends Rachel, George, Henry and Martin. A bully tied Henry and Martin to polls by the docks. It all worked out though because Henry had time to send Rachel their destination. Rachel and George came to the rescue. After this they drove back to the book shop. This is a bonding moment because it showed that they really cared about Henry and Martin. That they still have the chance to be good friends to start over. This incident made them closer together more friendly to each other. After this they talked more and cared more for each other. These bonding times made family and friends closer together. They started to understand each other more and became better friends as a whole.
If you like romance, drama and action packed adventure then this book is most definitely for you!!
- Nova, 7th grade, Vassal Lane Upper School
