Girl Out of Water

Fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen will fall in love this contemporary debut about finding yourself—and finding love—in unexpected places.

Ocean breeze in her hair and sand between her toes, Anise cant wait to spend the summer before her senior year surfing and hanging out on the beach with friends. Santa Cruz is more than her home—its her heart. But when her aunt, a single mother, is in a serious car accident, Anise must say goodbye to California to help care for her three young cousins.

Landlocked Nebraska is the last place Anise wants to be. Sure, she loves her family, but its hard to put her past behind her when shes living in the childhood house of her runaway mother, who has dropped in and out of her life since birth. And with every photo and text, her friends back home feel further away.

Then she meets Lincoln, a charismatic, one-armed skater who dares her to swap her surfboard for a skateboard. Anise isnt one to shy away from a challenge. Because sometimes the only way to find your footing is to let go.