Random House New Releases - Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Water Sports - Between June 19, 2012 and July 19, 2013.

Below by Meg McKinlay

2013-05-14T00:30:00-05:00

Below
Written by Meg McKinlay

Hardcover, 224 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Water Sports | $15.99 | May 14, 2013 | 978-0-7636-6126-7 (0-7636-6126-0)

Secrets have a way of floating to the surface. . . . Mystery, compelling characters, and an abandoned town beneath a lake make for a must-read adventure.

On the day Cassie was born, they drowned her town. The mayor flipped a lever and everyone cheered as Old Lower Grange was submerged beneath five thousand swimming pools’ worth of water. Now, twelve years later, Cassie feels drawn to the manmade lake and the mysteries it hides — and she’s not the only one. Her classmate Liam, who wears oversized swim trunks to cover the scars on his legs, joins Cassie in her daily swims across the off-limits side of the lake. As the summer heats up, the water drops lower and lower, offering them glimpses of the ghostly town and uncovering secrets one prominent town figure seems anxious to keep submerged. But like a swimmer who ventures too far from shore, Cassie realizes she can’t turn back. Can she bring their suspicions to light before it’s too late — and does she dare?

Swim, Boots, Swim! (Dora the Explorer) by Random House

2013-05-14T00:30:00-05:00

Swim, Boots, Swim! (Dora the Explorer)
Written by Random House
Illustrated by Random House

Trade Paperback, 24 pages | Random House Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In; Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Water Sports | $3.99 | May 14, 2013 | 978-0-449-81850-3 (0-449-81850-0)

Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer is ready for a super day at the beach--until she learns that Boots can't swim. Can Mariana the Mermaid help them? Little boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will enjoy this full-color storybook.

Surfacing by Nora Raleigh Baskin

2013-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

Surfacing
Written by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Hardcover, 208 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Water Sports; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship; Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic | $17.99 | March 12, 2013 | 978-0-7636-4908-1 (0-7636-4908-2)

A lyrical and deeply moving portrait of grief, blame, and forgiveness, and of finding the courage to confront your ghosts — one truth at a time.

As soon as she was under, Maggie heard the quiet, though every sound was amplified in her ears and in her brain...Sound, like shame, travels four times faster under the water.
Though only a sophomore, Maggie Paris is a star on the varsity swim team, but she also has an uncanny, almost magical ability to draw out people’s deepest truths, even when they don’t intend to share them. It’s reached a point where most of her classmates, all but her steadfast best friend, now avoid her, and she’s taken to giving herself away every chance she gets to an unavailable — and ungrateful — popular boy from the wrestling team, just to prove she still exists. Even Maggie’s parents, who are busy avoiding each other and the secret deep at the heart of their devastated family, seem wary of her. Is there such a thing as too much truth?

Maisy Learns to Swim by Lucy Cousins

2013-02-12T00:30:00-05:00

Maisy Learns to Swim
Written by Lucy Cousins

Maisy ventures into the water in a story sure to make a splash with young children who are learning to swim.

Today Maisy is going swimming for the first time, and she is a little nervous. Good thing Eddie and Tallulah are coming, too. Eddie is a natural, but Maisy and Tallulah get into the pool slowly — ooh, it’s freezing! But soon they are kicking and floating and even blowing bubbles with the rest. Whether water-shy or raring to go, young readers will find much to relate to as Maisy experiences another childhood first.

Random House New Releases - Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Water Sports - Between June 19, 2012 and July 19, 2013.

Below by Meg McKinlay

Below Written by Meg McKinlay