Kyna likes her friends, her purple hair, and taking photographs. But there's something she definitely doesn't like: the water. Every time she comes near it, she feels the sinister pull of the depths trying to draw her down to a watery grave. Even the calm water in the bathtub reminds her of the torrential storm that took the lives of her sailing family when she was just a baby. But Kyna's adopted parents love nothing more than to swim and splash about...

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of a safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

"From cloud to puddle, and puddle to stream, Little Raindrop is making a remarkable journey. When Little Raindrop falls through the clouds and finally into a puddle, he is in for a special trip through a stream, a river, and even the ocean. Passing fish and water life, he finally lands on a beach, where he's evaporated back up into the clouds and ready for his next journey to Earth." -- publisher.

Ruby's blood holds the secret to the Water that keeps her and her fellow Congregants alive and enriches Darwin West, who has enslaved them for two centuries, but when her romance with an Overseer, Ford, brings her freedom in the modern world, she faces a terrible choice.

The Spider Queen is dead, but the powerful scorpion Lord Marmoo and his fearsome army are still a threat to the Amphibilands, especially as the Rainbow Serpent has told the frogs that they must lower the veil that protects them--so the young wood frog Darel and his friends must search the Outback for answers in the quest to bring peace and water to their land.

Charlie, a boy with autism, describes what his life is like with his twin sister Callie, who does not have autism, and explains how water--whether in a pool, a tub, or in the aquarium--is like a warm hug, which settles him down and calms his mind, allowing him to focus and cope.

While playing in a pool on the side of the mountain, Isaac follows the water to a river, a waterfall, and the great ocean in a book that celebrates the water cycle.

"On a very hot day, Min, a budding engineer, builds a machine that draws water from a well and into a swimming pool"--

"On a lonely road in a remote desert stands a roadhouse. Formerly a home station on a now abandoned stagecoach route, it is the only source of water and supplies for miles. Accommodations are crude and coarse, the hospitality rough and raw, the proprietor boorish and vulgar. Travelers are few and far between, and almost all must stop for water--which comes at a price. A mounted mail carrier who visits the roadhouse with some regularity suspects there...

"Alf does not like water. He does not like swimming pools, jumping into lakes, or wading through rivers, and he especially does not like canoeing. This becomes a problem when it's hot outside and all everyone wants to do is splash around under the sun. What can Alf do to enjoy his summer as much as his water-loving friends?"--