Deep Water
Published on 2. May 2017
288 pages
978-1-4814-8108-3 (ISBN)
Description
Real stories. Real teens. Real consequences. A group of teens traffic drugs between Mexico and California in this first installment in the high-stakes, nonfiction Simon True series.
It's 1971 in Coronado, a small southern California beach town. For seventeen-year-old Eddie Otero, a skilled waterman and avid surfer, life is simple. Then a friend makes him an offer: Swim an illicit package across the border from Mexico. The intense workout is dangerous. Thrilling. Lucrative. And the beginning of a small business.
When the young entrepreneurs involve their former high school Spanish teacher, the smuggling adventure grows into a one hundred million dollar global operation.
Soon they become fugitives. Living on the edge, they vow to return to their normal lives?right after one last run…
It's 1971 in Coronado, a small southern California beach town. For seventeen-year-old Eddie Otero, a skilled waterman and avid surfer, life is simple. Then a friend makes him an offer: Swim an illicit package across the border from Mexico. The intense workout is dangerous. Thrilling. Lucrative. And the beginning of a small business.
When the young entrepreneurs involve their former high school Spanish teacher, the smuggling adventure grows into a one hundred million dollar global operation.
Soon they become fugitives. Living on the edge, they vow to return to their normal lives?right after one last run…
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Katherine Nichols is a former teacher and longtime journalist who has contributed to numerous publications, including the magazines for The New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle. An athlete since childhood, Katherine is a three-time finisher of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii. She grew up in Coronado and currently lives in Boston.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Who's Who
- Chapter 1: Spring 1969
- Chapter 2: Summer 1969
- Chapter 3: 1971
- Chapter 4: 1971
- Chapter 5: 1971-1972
- Chapter 6: 1972
- Chapter 7: 1972
- Chapter 8: 1972-1973
- Chapter 9: 1973-1974
- Chapter 10: 1973-1974
- Chapter 11: 1974
- Chapter 12: 1974
- Chapter 13: 1975
- Chapter 14: 1975
- Chapter 15: 1975
- Chapter 16: 1975-1976
- Chapter 17: 1976
- Chapter 18: 1976
- Chapter 19: 1977
- Chapter 20: 1977
- Chapter 21: 1977
- Chapter 22: 1977
- Chapter 23: 1978
- Chapter 24: 1978
- Chapter 25: 1978
- Chapter 26: 1979
- Chapter 27: 1980
- Chapter 28: 1980
- Chapter 29: 1981
- Chapter 30: 1981
- Chapter 31: 1982
- Chapter 32: 1982
- Chapter 33: 1983-1984
- Chapter 34: 1985-1986
- Chapter 35: 1989-2002
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Sources
- About the Author
- Copyright
