Girl Out of Water
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9781492646860
Pages
368 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When her aunt gets into a car accident, Anise is forced to leave her friends and surfing behind to spend the summer in Nebraska to help care for her cousins, and by doing so, forms familial bonds and new friendships that challenge her feelings of abandonment by her mother.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL790L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Single parent; Kinship care; Physical disability; single father; single mother; cousin looking after cousins; injury; crushed legs; wheelchair user
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single father
Keywords
surfing; skateboarding; Nebraska; summer; California; abandoned by mother; friendship; car accident; aunt; hospital
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Silverman, Laura, "Girl Out of Water" (2017). Diverse Families. 1979.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1979