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Deep Water

by Katherine Nichols

A teen smuggling operation with real-world consequences

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A teen smuggling operation with real-world consequences

Set in Coronado in 1971, this nonfiction account centers on Eddie Otero, a seventeen-year-old surfer who agrees to swim an illicit package from Mexico into California. What begins as a small venture expands after Otero and his peers bring in a former Spanish teacher, becoming a global operation described as worth one hundred million dollars. The account connects youthful risk-taking with the escalating reach of drug trafficking and the consequences of becoming fugitives. Its focus on real teenagers and a specific criminal enterprise gives the book a documentary frame within juvenile nonfiction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in nonfiction accounts involving crime and its consequences
  • Readers curious about drug smuggling and a historical case set in 1971 Southern California

Themes

Drug traffickingRisk-taking and consequencesAdolescenceCrime and fugitives

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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...
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