Cast of Wonders 497: Hurricane Season• Author:
Avi Burton • Narrator:
Katie Gill• Host:
Katherine Inskip• Audio Producer:
Jeremy Carter"Hurricane Season" is a Cast of Wonders original.Click here to listen to Episode 497Amaya smelled like the ocean. Most Florida girls did, when they returned from the beach with new tan lines and salt-crusted hair, but Amaya was different. The ocean-brine was under her skin, a part of her that was ever-present, unignorable. She wore jasmine perfume to cover it, overpoweringly sweet, but I could always smell the salt underneath.
We met at the beach— she always seemed to be there, sitting silently and watching the tides. I was crouched over a tide pool when I heard the slip-slap of her lavender sandals approaching.
“You’re new, right?”Tags: Avi Burton, beaches, families, Florida, hurricanes, Jeremy Carter, Katherine Inskip, Katie Gill, LGBTQ, loss, love, relationships, romance, separation, storms, young adult fiction, young author
