<DIV><DIV><B>In a drowned world, can refuge be found? <P></P></B>Less than a hundred years from now, the world as we know it has disappeared beneath the sea. Only fifteen-year-old Mara has the vision and the will to lead her people in search of a new beginning in this harsh, unfamiliar world. <P></P><B><I>Booklist </I>Science Fiction/Fantasy Top 10 for Youth <P></P></B>“This sweeping, futuristic fantasy envisions a ravaged Earth, submerged almost entirely in water after a century of global warming . . . wholly imagined, extraordinarily vivid worlds.” <I>—Booklist</I>, starred review <P></P>“Ecologically conscious teens will embrace this girl who is destined to save humanity.” —<I>School Library Journal <P></P></I>“Intellectually rigorous and bursting with humanity, this is a book to be read again and again.” —<I>Sunday Herald </I>(UK)</DIV></DIV>