Deep Water

By Katherine Nichols

Book Overview

Real stories. Real teens. Real consequences. A group of teens traffic drugs between Mexico and California in this first installment in the high-stakes, nonfiction Simon True series.

It's 1971 in Coronado, a small southern California beach town. For seventeen-year-old Eddie Otero, a skilled waterman and avid surfer, life is simple. Then a friend makes him an offer: Swim an illicit package across the border from Mexico. The intense workout is dangerous. Thrilling. Lucrative. And the beginning of a small business.

When the young entrepreneurs involve their former high school Spanish teacher, the smuggling adventure grows into a one hundred million dollar global operation.

Soon they become fugitives. Living on the edge, they vow to return to their normal lives--right after one last run...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481481061
• ISBN13: 9781481481069
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12