When eleven-year-old Pascale Chardon finds herself on a lifeboat drifting toward an uncharted island with no memory of how she got there, all she wants is to get back to her family. The islanders, however, have a different objective.

For many decades, the islanders have been anticipating the arrival of someone foretold only as the Long Awaited. The Long Awaited is said to have knowledge of the island's future and will tell the islanders of their fate seventeen days after their arrival.

At first Pascale is sure she's not the Long Awaited, but when strange happenings occur, she finds it impossible to be certain of anything. Could she be the Long Awaited after all?

A Bend in the Breeze, award-winning author Valerie Sherrard's 30th novel, is a delightful tale about the importance of love and compassion. (From DCB)

Valerie Sherrard is a children's book author from New Brunswick. She has written more than a dozen books for young people, including Birdspell, the Shelby Belgarden mystery series, The Glory Wind, Kate and Speechless.