The Strength of Saints

Worth

Stella Stands Alone

Going Through the Gate

Fruit and Nutcase (Diary Series)

Trophy Kid

Miss Mary Lou asks Why Am I Sad?

Behind the Bookcase

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.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Strength of Saints

A. LaFaye, 2002

Worth

A. LaFaye, 1998

Stella Stands Alone

A. LaFaye, 2010

Going Through the Gate

Janet S. Anderson, 1997

Fruit and Nutcase (Diary Series)

Jean Ure, 2002

Trophy Kid

Steve Atinsky, 2008

Miss Mary Lou asks Why Am I Sad?

M.J. Parker, 2021

Behind the Bookcase

Mark Steensland, 2012