
Water Steps
A. LaFaye(Author)
Milkweed Editions (Publisher)
Published on 7. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-57131-686-8 (ISBN)
Description
Kyna likes her friends, her purple hair, and taking photographs. But there's something she definitely doesn't like: the water. Every time she comes near it, she feels the sinister pull of the depths trying to draw her down to a watery grave. Even the calm water in the bathtub reminds her of the torrential storm that took the lives of her sailing family when she was just a baby. But Kyna's adopted parents love nothing more than to swim and splash about in lakes and streams, or even the local pool. When they decide to spend the summer at a beach house on Lake Champlain, Kyna is convinced that they're trying to teach her something about water that she's not ready to learn. Little does she know that the water will reveal far more than she ever could have imagined. Inspired by Champ, the legendary monster living in Lake Champlain, "Water Steps" finds novelist A. LaFaye at her best, expertly interweaving themes of adolescent fears and fantasies, the frustrations and rewards of family, and a world of mystery and magic under the placid surface of nature.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Seventh Grade
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57131-686-8 (9781571316868)
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