From award-winning Jamaican author Diana McCaulay, Gone to Drift is a powerful voice-driven middle grade novel about family set in Jamaica.

Lloyd comes from a long line of fishermen. Growing up in Kingston, Jamaica, Lloyd feels most at home with the sea and his grandfather, Maas Conrad, at his side.

When his grandfather doesn't return from a fishing trip, Lloyd fears he has gone to drift. The sea may be in Lloyd's blood, but as he searches for his grandfather, he discovers a side of the ocean--and the people who use it--that he's never known before.

Told in the alternating voices of Lloyd and Maas Conrad, Gone to Drift is a moving story of family, courage, and the wonders of the oceans we call home.

Author: Diana McCaulay
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04/03/2018
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780062672964
Audience: 08 - 12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 194402 / Gone to Drift


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 11/01/2017
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2018 pg. 149
Booklist 02/15/2018 pg. 78
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2018 - Recommended - Hard To Beat

About the Author
McCaulay, Diana: -

Diana McCaulay is an award-winning Jamaican novelist. Gone to Drift is her first book for children; it placed second in the 2015 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. Diana was born and raised in Jamaica and has spent a lifetime pondering questions of race, class, color, and privilege in Jamaican society. Visit her at www.dianamccaulay.com.