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.
