
A hearbreaking YA debut about love & loss perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson In this YA contemporary romance a sixteen-year-old boy must learn to swim against an undercurrent of grief
- or be swept away by it Otis & Meg were inseparable until her family abruptly moved away after the terrible accident that left Otis's little brother dead & both of their families changed for ever Since then it's been three years of radio silence during which time Otis has become the unlikely protege of eighteen-year-old Dara
- part drill sergeant part friend
- who's hell-bent on transforming Otis into the Olympic swimmer she can no longer be But when Otis learns that Meg is coming back to town he must face some difficult truths about the girl he's never forgotten & the brother he's never stopped grieving As it becomes achingly clear that he & Meg are not the same people they were Otis must decide what to hold on to & what to leave behind Quietly affecting this compulsively readable debut novel captures all the confusion heartbreak & fragile hope of three teens struggling to accept profound absences in their lives