The Last True Poets of the Sea Trace Sam—a thirteen-year old synesthete with

Sam—a thirteen-year old synesthete with an IQ of 144 and an appetite for science fiction—waits by his father’s bedside every day

and with no one to save him

But he can't pull it off alone

Carlos Cooper owned the court

and breaking-and-entering escapades-none of which she remembers in the morning

The Last True Poets of the Sea Trace Sam—a thirteen-year old synesthete withThe Larkin family isn't just luckythey persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great great great grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers. No, Fidelia swam to shore, fell in love, and founded Lyric, Maine, the town Violet and Sam returned to every summer. But wrecks seem to run in the family: Tall, funny, musical Violet can't stop partying