"The Highest Tide" author will speak at Linfield College TONIGHT !  Jim Lynch, author, will present a reading and lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College, located at 2255 NW Northrup Street in Portland.   "The Highest Tide," which won the 2006 Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award,  is a coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old marine biology whiz kid who becomes a media sensation after he continues to discover exotic deep sea creatures on the tidal flats near his home on Puget Sound.  (503) 413-7161

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