The Highest Tide is a debut novel of immense elegance and confidence, and was a Richard & Judy pick that sold over 130,000 copies. For fans of David Guterson and Rachel Carson The film rights have been optioned by Greene Street Films, who also made the Academy Award-nominated film In the Bedroom

One unforgettable night, thirteen-year-old Miles goes to the flats near his home in search of shellfish, only to discover something startling and remarkable: a giant squid. Instantly he becomes a local celebrity and is pursued by TV crews urging him to explain the phenomenon. His psychic friend Florence predicts that even more astonishing discoveries are to come, indicators of the highest tide in fifty years. Yet Miles worries more about matters closer to home: will his passion for his ex-babysitter Angie go unrequited? Will his arguing parents divorce? Is everything, even the bay, shifting from him?