Cerulean and their friends went into senior year - the first year of normal school after the pandemic - with a plan: keep their heads down in class, save money, and get the hell out of the Bronx once they graduate. If teachers are going to force them to read Huckleberry Finn, then they can't blame kids for 'lighting out for the territory.' Cerulean is convinced that there must be somewhere better than the Bronx and is focused on learning how to grow and make food so they can all be self-sufficient when they finally make their break.
Burned-out teachers and their father's badly timed workplace accident send Cerulean reeling off course, but Bronx babies are resiliant and resourceful, and Salt the Water is ultimately a radically hopeful vision of life beyond mere survival.
- ISBN10 0593529316
- ISBN13 9780593529317
- Publish Date 3 October 2023
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dutton Books for Young Readers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780593529317