Dark Water

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Dark Water is written by Laura McNeal and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0375897208 (ISBN 10) and 9780375897207 (ISBN 13).

A National Book Award Finalist A Kirkus Reviews Best Books for Teens Fifteen-year-old Pearl DeWitt lives in Fallbrook, California, where it's sunny 340 days of the year, and where her uncle owns a grove of 900 avocado trees. Uncle Hoyt hires migrant workers regularly, but Pearl doesn't pay much attention to them...until Amiel. From the moment she sees him, Pearl is drawn to this boy who keeps to himself, fears being caught by la migra, and is mysteriously unable to talk. Then the wildfires strike.