Swimming Sideways

What do you do when your world has fallen apart, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to put it back together?

Abby Kaiāulu (Kaw ee aw oo loo) gets the chance to start over when her family relocates from Hawaii to a small town on the Oregon coast.

But she’s hiding a secret.

Leaving the past and the cultural lessons of her Hawaiian grandfather behind, Abby redefines who she is to hide it. There’s Good Abby – she makes and follows the rules – and there’s Bad Abby – she always questions them. But both leave Abby wondering: which one is she really?

Her road of self-discovery takes her on a journey where she must discover the truth of who she is as a daughter, a sister, a woman, a Hawaiian and as a friend.

But just when she thinks her world might be coming back together, it falls apart all over again.

Author Biography

CL Walters writes in Hawai’i where she lives with her husband and two children. She’s the author of the YA Contemporary series, The Cantos Chronicles (Swimming Sideways, The Ugly Truth and The Bones of Who We Are), as well as the adult book, The Letters She Left Behind. The Stories Stars Tell is her fifth novel and releases October 2020. You can stay connected by signing up for her monthly newsletter. Visit her website at www.clwalters.net and follow her writer’s journey on Instagram @cl.walters.