Sample of Voyage of the Defiance Synopsis: An act of defiance that will either kill her or change her life forever… Sixteen year old Makayla Summerlin's life is uprooted when she's suddenly forced to live with the grandfather she barely remembers. Unable to deal, she sets sail in her grandfather’s old sailboat and begins a journey that will challenge everything she has ever believed about herself. What will it take for her, and a surprising stowaway, to survive? 2016 Gold Finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Award! Chapter 1 “What’d you do this time?” Tisha whispered, leaning forward in her seat so that she was closer to Makayla. Makayla rolled her eyes and turned to scowl in the direction where the English teacher was talking quietly with the principal, Mr. Wallace, at the entrance t

