Water Steps

Kyna likes her friends, her purple hair, and taking photographs. But there's something she definitely doesn't like: the water. Every time she comes near it, she feels the sinister pull of the depths trying to draw her down to a watery grave. Even the calm water in the bathtub reminds her of the torrential storm that took the lives of her sailing family when she was just a baby. But Kyna's adopted parents love nothing more than to swim and splash about in lakes and streams, or even the local pool. When they decide to spend the summer at a beach house on Lake Champlain, Kyna is convinced that they're trying to teach her something about water that she's not ready to learn. Little does she know that the water will reveal far more than she ever could have imagined. Inspired by Champ, the legendary monster living in Lake Champlain, Water Steps finds novelist A. LaFaye at her best, expertly interweaving themes of adolescent fears and fantasies, the frustrations and rewards of family, and a world of mystery and magic under the placid surface of nature.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 04/07/2009
ISBN: 9781571316868
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Booklist 03/15/2009 pg. 62
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2009 pg. 132
School Library Journal 09/01/2009 pg. 163
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 375 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 129682 / Water Steps
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5