Clash: A Novel

A fiction series for ages girls 8-12 based on the life of surfer star, Bethany Hamilton.

It took real faith and courage to get Bethany back on a surfboard after losing her arm in a shark attack. In this four-book fiction series based on the life of surfer star Bethany Hamilton, Bethany and her friends discover God's love and guidance as they tackle the waves of life. In Clash, book one of the Soul Surfer Series, Bethany's tight-knit group experiences conflict when a new girl named Jenna crowds fourteen-year-old Bethany and her friends-until a wake-up call shows Bethany that sometimes you have to be willing to make hard choices if you want to do the right thing.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.4; 5.4; 6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3; 5.3; 6.3 Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6; 5.6; 6.6; Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text