The New Kid

Being different might be the best thing about you.Today is Seru's first day at his new school. Twenty-six strangers. A teacher who can't quite say his name. And that feeling, standing at the classroom door, like the moment before a dive - knowing everything is about to change and there's no way to know what's down there until you go.But when Seru tells the class about the reef back home - about diving with turtles and free-diving since he was six - something shifts. Maybe being the boy from far away isn't something to hide. Maybe it's the most interesting thing about him.The heartwarming final chapter of Seru's journey - about new friends, fresh starts, and discovering that the reef is everywhere, if you know how to look.*Book Eight of the Seru From the Sea series · Ages 8-11*

Being different might be the best thing about you.Today is Seru's first day at his new school. Twenty-six strangers. A teacher who can't quite say his name. And that feeling, standing at the classroom door, like the moment before a dive - knowing everything is about to change and there's no way to know what's down there until you go.But when Seru tells the class about the reef back home - about diving with turtles and free-diving since he was six - something shifts. Maybe being the boy from far away isn't something to hide. Maybe it's the most interesting thing about him.The heartwarming final chapter of Seru's journey - about new friends, fresh starts, and discovering that the reef is everywhere, if you know how to look.*Book Eight of the Seru From the Sea series · Ages 8-11*