Description:
Andy has looked forward to Camp Winasaukee his whole life. He can hardly wait to sample the delights his older brother has promised, including swimming competitions, story swapping, and of course girl watching. At first, camp is everything Andy had hoped for: he's accepted into the exclusive clique of older campers, and Winasaukee's most popular counselor, Johnny, chooses Andy as his sidekick. But when Andy's admiration pushes Johnny into a fierce competition with another counselor--who turns up drowned--Andy is forced to ask himself if he played an unwitting role in the counselors' deadly game. A naive summer camper no longer, Andy is forced to engage in some intense introspection. In his first novel for young adults, author John Herman explores one young man's fall from innocence and the deadly edge that is sometimes hidden beneath friendly competition. Herman documents Andy's coming of age and understanding by slowly peeling back layers that will keep teens turning pages while questioning their own morals and motivations. The freshly jaded Andy laments, "I want to see people the way I first saw Johnny... the way they should be seen. As beautiful." Deep Waters chronicles a teen Everyman and his painful discovery of a world that has lost its shine. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert
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