<div> <div><b>In a drowned world, can refuge be found?</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.<b><i>Booklist</i>Science Fiction/Fantasy Top 10 for Youth</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“Ecologically conscious teens will embrace this girl who is destined to save humanity.” —<i>School Library Journal</i>“Intellectually rigorous and bursting with humanity, this is a book to be read again and again.” —<i>Sunday Herald</i>(UK)</div> </div>