· Laura McNeal's new novel for middle grade/young adult readers, Dark Water, is an exceptionally well-written and traditional novel. You won't find occult romance, trolls, vampires, or other paranormal characters or settings, just a great story, well told/5(41). · Blown away by beautiful writing aching story In Laura McNeal's DARK WATER, fifteen-year-old Pearl and her mother find themselves living in a rundown cottage on her uncle's avocado ranch after her father leaves. With her mother withering under stress and her cousin Robby hatching vengeful plans against his father, Pearl notices Amiel, one of the new migrant workers/5. Pearl's life is compartmentalized. The novel's short chapters parallel that disjointedness beautifully and make the disparate plot points easy to follow. In the end, Dark Water really is like Pearl. It is full of heart, and it is full of brains too.
― Laura McNeal, Dark Water. 1 likes. Like "Kids in my history class pulled out their cell phones and turned them on. I did the same, and as we all lifted our heavy backpacks, the doors of every classroom clanked open and out flowed the river of students with phones clapped to their ears. Soon the quad was a sea of backpacks and people. Novels by Tom and Laura McNeal. You can follow Laura on Goodreads, Instagram, Twitter: Home Tom Laura Collaborations Contact Le Blog. Dark Water is based on true events. In an interview on Random Buzz, Laura McNeal said, "We were returning to our home in Fallbrook after a wildfire destroyed more than houses there. We hadn't been allowed to enter our neighborhood for eight days, so it was pretty shocking to arrive and see whole hillsides of burned avocado groves, solitary.
Dark Water Quotes Showing of “Amiel was looking at me with the kind of interest that made my mouth dry up. I was Braille and his eyes were fingers.”. ― Laura McNeal, Dark Water. 6 likes. Laura McNeal's new novel for middle grade/young adult readers, Dark Water, is an exceptionally well-written and traditional novel. You won't find occult romance, trolls, vampires, or other paranormal characters or settings, just a great story, well told. Pearl's life is compartmentalized. The novel's short chapters parallel that disjointedness beautifully and make the disparate plot points easy to follow. In the end, Dark Water really is like Pearl. It is full of heart, and it is full of brains too.
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