First Lines Friday: June 4, 2021

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!

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First Lines:

I wake on my feet, wind tangled in my hair. The sand is cold beneath my arches and the tide is rising, white foam and gray water frothing around my ankles before fizzing through my toes.

My bare toes.

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Do you recognize the lines?

Hint: It’s a recently released book about separated sisters.

Still not sure? Here’s another hint: 

It’s written by Joan He

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The First Lines Friday book is:

The Ones We’re Meant to Find 

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About the Book:

Page Length: 384

Publication Date: May 4, 2021

Publisher: Roaring Brook

Synopsis: Cee awoke on an abandoned island three years ago. With no idea of how she was marooned, she only has a rickety house, an old android, and a single memory: she has a sister, and Cee needs to find her.

STEM prodigy Kasey wants escape from the science and home she once trusted. The eco-city—Earth’s last unpolluted place—is meant to be sanctuary for those commited to planetary protection, but it’s populated by people willing to do anything for refuge, even lie. Now, she’ll have to decide if she’s ready to use science to help humanity, even though it failed the people who mattered most. 

LINKS:     Goodreads    |      Amazon    |     Book Depository

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Are you excited to read this one? What do you think of the first lines? Comment below!