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One life-changing diagnosis. Two distant shores. A thousand generations of strength.
At sixteen, Kai Andrews is the king of Huntington Beach. Whether he's carving through a Pacific swell with his Māori father, Ryan, or sprinting toward a finish line on the track, Kai's life is defined by movement. With a mom like Holly-a powerhouse Australian event planner who moved the family to California for a dream job at Disney-Kai has always believed that if you plan well enough, you can outrun anything.
But you can't outrun the ache in your bone.
When a persistent limp leads to a devastating diagnosis of aggressive Osteosarcoma, Kai's world stops. The news is a crushing wave: his leg cannot be saved. Faced with an amputation that will change his identity forever, Holly and Ryan decide to take Kai back to where their own stories began.
From the golden suburbs of California to the rugged coastlines of Australia and the deep cultural heartbeat of his Māori whānau, Kai embarks on a "last dance" with the life he once knew. Surrounded by the warmth of his Australian grandparents, his twin uncle Liam, and the powerful embrace of his five Māori aunts and uncles, Kai begins to realize that a warrior isn't defined by how he stands, but by the blood that flows through his veins.
As the surgery looms, Kai must learn to navigate the hardest current of his life. To survive, he will have to look beyond the break and trust in the Tide of the Ancestors.