"A compelling coming-of-age love story that will have you rooting for its teen narrator, a girl who survives a disaster and finds herself trapped between a traumatic past and a fragile future. Now, faced with sub-zero temperatures, minimal supplies, and the dangers of a forbidding nowhere, Avery and Colin must rely on each other in ways they never could have imagined. She is one of only five survivors, which includes three little boys and her teammate, Colin Shea, whom she's avoided since the first day of freshman year. That all changes when Avery's cross-country flight home makes a ditch landing in a mountain lake in the Colorado Rockies. Girl underwater by Claire Kells, 2015, Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, cengage Learning edition, in English - Large print edition. Dutton, 26. Now a sophomore on her university's nationally ranked team, she struggles under the weight of new expectations, but life is otherwise pretty good. Growing up, she took swim lessons at her community pool and captained the local team in high school, she raced across bays and sprawling North American lakes. Nineteen-year-old Avery Delacorte loves the water. Girl Underwater is a stunning work of New Adult fiction from a talented young writer. 'What if the most devastating moment of your life was also the beginning of something beautiful? A compelling coming-of-age love story' (Jodi Picoult).
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