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Where the Water Takes Us
Alan Barillaro
Illustrator: Alan Barillaro
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-2454-2
Keywords: Fear, Drowning, Friendship, Grandparents -grandchild relationships, Wild Birds -Care, Italian -Canadian, Korean-Canadian, magical thinking, curses
At a remote Canadian lake, Ava has a loving relationship with her grandparents and an interest in birds, but a difficult relationship with a new summer resident. Soft watercolor vignettes.