Title
Like Water
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780062373373
Pages
320 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When her father is diagnosed with Hungtington's disease, eighteen-year-old Vanni abandons her plan to flee her small New Mexico hometown after high school graduation and instead spends the summer keeping herself busy with part-time jobs and boys, but that changes after she meets Leigh, whose friendship dares Vanni to ask herself big questions and make new plans.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Disability and Health; Bisexuality; Illness; bisexual teenager; Huntington's disease; father with Huntington's disease
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Hispanic
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
bisexual female
Awards
Lambda Literary Award, 2018, Winner, LGBT Children's/Young Adult
Keywords
New Mexico; part-time jobs; dating; friendship; anxiety; Spanish; taking care of an ailing father
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Podos, Rebecca, "Like Water" (2017). Diverse Families. 1441.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1441