Badger lived far from Bear, with the sea in the way. When it’s bedtime for Badger, the sun is rising for Bear. Bear isn’t there to tuck Badger in, or hear about her day, except on the telephone. Badger misses Bear. Badger even tries to cross the sea to reunite with Bear, but ends up getting tossed right back where she started. The sea is still in the way! When the sea requests a few gifts for safe passage, Badger looks for something to fit the bill. And looks and looks. Soon enough, she sees the wonders that surround her—and even makes a new friend. In the end Badger realizes that Bear is closer than she thinks. Sophie Gilmore’s The Sea in the Way is a sensitive, unusual, and poignant story about the distance that separates us from our loved ones and how to cope with missing them.