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Dark Water

By: Laura McNeal
Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
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Fifteen-year-old Pearl DeWitt and her mother live in Fallbrook, California, where its sunny 340 days of the year and where her uncle owns a grove of 900 avocado trees. Uncle Hoyt hires migrant workers regularly, but Pearl doesnt pay much attention to them... until Amiel. From the moment she sees him, Pearl is drawn to this boy who keeps to himself, fears being caught by la migra, and is mysteriously unable to talk. And after coming across Amiels makeshift hut near Agua Prieta Creek, Pearl falls into a precarious friendship and a forbidden romance. Then the wildfires strike.

Fallbrook - the town of marigolds and palms, blood oranges and sweet limes - is threatened by the Agua Prieta fire, and a mandatory evacuation order is issued. But Pearl knows that Amiel is in the direct path of the fire, with no one to warn him, no way to get out. Slipping away from safety and her family, Pearl moves toward the dark creek, where the smoke has become air, the air smoke.

Laura McNeal has crafted a beautiful and haunting novel full of peril, desperation, and love.

©2010 Laura McNeal (P)2010 Audible, Inc. Literature & Fiction Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Friendship Fiction Emotions & Feelings Romance Growing Up Depression & Mental Health Emigration & Immigration Mermaids & Mermen
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Critic reviews

"The catastrophic wildfires that ravaged Southern California in 2007 serve as the backdrop for this compelling story of a forbidden romance with tragic consequences.... Drawn in by the appeal of clandestine love and looming disaster, teens will also be rewarded with much thought-provoking substance in this novel's complex characters and hauntingly ambiguous ending." (School Library Journal)
"Notable for well-drawn characters, an engaging plot and, especially, hauntingly beautiful language, this is an outstanding book." (Kirkus Reviews)
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I’ve lived in Fallbrook for 25 years and have experienced the fires and evacuation. The story is wonderful

Very real life for me.

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