The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Podos, Rebecca

Like Water

314 pp. | HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray | October, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-237337-3 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-237339-7

(2) YA The summer after graduation, Vanni Espinoza is feeling adrift in her small New Mexico town; she's also surprised to find herself falling for another girl, Leigh. Vanni's relationships with Leigh and with her own family (including her father, recently diagnosed with Huntington's disease) are richly textured. Spanish words are incorporated naturally into English conversations. Readers will likely be invested in the characters' stories--and their futures.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2017