“ReaderswillfeeleverywaveofTully’semotionsassheriskseverythingtotrytogethermom’sattention.Apowerfulnovelinverse.“--LisaFipps,authorofPrintzHonorbookStarfishAnimpactful,grippingmiddlegradenovelinversefromacclaimedauthorJamieSumnerthatspansonegirl’smarathonswimovertwelvemilesandsixhours,callinghermombackhomewitheverystroke.Sixhours.Onemarathonswim.That’sallTullyBirchneedstogetherlifestraightenedout.Withthehelpofherbestfriend,Arch,TullybravesthewatersofLakeTahoetobreaktherecordfortheyoungestpersonevertocompletethefamous“Godfatherswim.“Shewantstoachievesomethingnooneintheworldhasdone,becauseifshedoes,maybe,justmaybe,hermomwillcomeback.Theswimstartsoffwell--heartsteady,bodyloose,Archinchargeofsnacksasneeded.ButforTully,allthattimealonewithherthoughtsallowsmemoriestosurface.Andinthesilenceofdeepwaters,sadnesscansinkyou.Whentheswimturnsdangerous,Tullyfightsforhersurvival.DoesshekeepgoingandriskherownsafetyandArch’s?Ordoesshequittosavethemboth,evenifitmeansgivinguphopethathermotherwillreturn?
