Under Water

When Marissa loses her mother, her father takes her to live on a small Thai. Here she forms a friendship with Arielle and together they explore the fragile wonders of its forests, reefs, and beaches. When the Indian Ocean tsunami makes landfall in 2004, they are swept up by the first wave and separated. Eight years later, Marissa is living in New York. As the city prepares for a devastating storm, she reflects on her past and learns how to sustain herself in a precarious world.