I am left breathless! #Overboard by Elizabeth Fama +Giveaway

Book Title: Overboard
Author: Elizabeth Fama
Genres: YA Fiction, Survival
Publication: June 9th, 2015
Source: Oops! I Read Again
Where to buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

She swam up for what seemed like an eternity, with her chest so achingly empty it felt as if it had collapsed, seeing only white bubbles in front of her face until she broke the surface.

One moment of rashness, and fourteen-year-old Emily Slake finds herself amid hundreds of panicked and drowning people in the dark ocean waters off Sumatra. Miles from shore without a life vest, she resolves to survive. But in facing the dangers of the ocean, the desperation of her fellow survivors, and her own growing exhaustion, Emily must summon wits and endurance she's not sure she has.

Striking out on her own, Emily encounters Isman, a frightened young Muslim boy, floating in a life vest. Together they swim for their lives, relying on Emily's physical strength and Isman's quiet faith.

Based on a true story, Overboard is both a riveting tale of survival and a sensitive portrayal of cross-cultural understanding in a time of crisis.

Review: This book is an easy read for me. I do not usually pick up books like this but Heavens! Good thing, I did! It left me breathless and gasping for air. Figuratively.

Emily is actually not a likeable person. At least, in my opinion. But she grew on me. She is a very brave person and I look up to her. What she did there--fight for her life, her survival--is a very pretty and tough job to do. I don't know if I can even do that. She is kinda selfish at the start of the story and then she matured as the story progresses.

It is kind of refreshing to see or read how real life disasters could affect a person's morality and virtue and just how they choose to take up their next step in continuing their life. It's lonely, hopeless, and scary to fight the horrors of death alone. This book shows us what we need to survive. This book shows us that there are many form of love and you can pick it up wherever and whenever. This book shows us we are not alone in life. This book shows us we are strong and could fight the struggles of life. Even, In a shark-filled sea!

I recommend it to everyone. Don't skip this book and at least, give it a try.

*I received a digital copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. Thanks for the copy! All are my own opinion and is not compensated by any individual, organization or company.

REPORT CARD
FICTION (FSSH)
CRITERIA	GRADES
BOOK COVER	4/5
CONCEPT	5/5
WRITING	4/5
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT	5/5*
Main characters	5/5
Secondary Characters	5/5
PLOT	5/5
PACING	4/5
WORLD BUILDING	5/5
UNPREDICTABILITY	4/5
IMPACT	4/5
OVERALL RATING	4.44

Actual Rating: 4.44                                      Estimated Rating:4

*Actual Rating is what this blog's original rating.
*Estimated Rating is the rating that will be used on Goodreads, Amazon and other review platform.

Plus One was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in April, 2014. A 2015 RITA award finalist, Plus One was also a highlighted book in VOYA magazine, and was listed among the "Top 12 Young Adult Books of 2014" in the Huffington Post.

Monstrous Beauty, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in September, 2012. It won won the 2013 Odyssey Honor Award, and was included on the 2013 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults list and the 2013 YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults list.

My first novel, Overboard (Cricket Books, 2002), was named a 2003 Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association (one of only eleven books selected unanimously by the committee that year). It received the 2002-2003 honor award from the Society of Midland Authors, and it was nominated for five state readers' choice awards (New Hampshire, Texas, Illinois, Utah, and Florida).

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