Mary Underwater

Now in paperback, inspired by Joan of Arc, a girl builds a submarine and pilots it across the Chesapeake Bay to escape her abusive father in this gorgeous middle-grade debutMary Murphy feels like she' s drowning. Her violent father is home from prison, and the social worker is suspicious of her new bruises. An aunt she' s never met keeps calling. And if she can' t get a good grade on her science project, she' ll fail her favorite class.But Mary doesn' t want to be a victim anymore. She has a plan: build a real submarine, like the model she' s been making with Kip Dwyer, the secretly sweet class clown. Gaining courage from her heroine, Joan of Arc, Mary vows to pilot a sub across the Chesapeake Bay, risking her life in a modern crusade to save herself.Mary Underwater is an empowering tale of persistence, heroism, and hope from a luminous new voice in middle-grade fiction.