One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley, a speed-reading, Rachel Carson-obsessed insomniac out looking for tidal specimens in Puget Sound, discovers a giant squid stranded on the beach. As the first person to see a giant squid alive, he finds himself hailed as a prophet. But Miles is really just a kid on the verge of growing up, infatuated with the girl next door, worried that his bickering parents will divorce, and fearful that everything, even the bay he loves, is shifting away from him. As the sea continues to offer up discoveries from its mysterious depths, Miles struggles to deal with the difficulties that attend the equally mysterious process of growing up. "In stunning prose, author Jim Lynch puts sea life into a kaleidoscope where swirling shapes burst and reconfigure in continuous life-affirming wonder...

Durante un verano inolvidable, Miles O’Malley, un chico de 13 años de un tranquilo pueblo ficticio en Puget Sound (Washington), pasa sus noches explorando las mareas. Apasionado por la biología marina y lector de Rachel Carson, Miles sueña con ser científico y pasa su tiempo husmeando en los bancos de marisco. Pero una noche, todo cambia. Descubre un calamar gigante varado en la orilla, un hallazgo extraordinario que lo convierte en una auténtica celebridad local —y nacional— al ser el primero en ver (y reportar) ese ser vivo tan remoto.

El mar le regala nuevos descubrimientos y misterio, pero lo que realmente le urge comprender es el cambio interno que implica crecer. Es una historia tierna sobre el paso a la adolescencia, envuelta en esa mezcla de belleza natural y juventud que lo desborda.