67 pages • 2 hours read
Deep Water
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Overview
The middle grade survival novel Deep Water by Watt Key (Albert Watkins Key Jr.) follows 12-year-old Julie Sims as she attempts to survive after a scuba dive goes wrong. The novel’s events are inspired by an experience in the author’s life. While diving in the Gulf of Mexico, Key and a friend went to make their ascent, only to find that the rope had detached from the boat. When they surfaced, their boat was nowhere in sight, but thankfully, a fisherman passed by after 15 minutes and spotted Key waving his speargun. As the inspiration for Deep Water, Key imagines what might have happened if they fisherman had not rescued them. The novel explores themes such as Resilience and Discipline, The Unyielding Force of Nature, and Family Relationships. Deep Water was published in 2018, and it is one of Watt Key’s many adventure novels. This guide refers to the 2019 print edition.
Plot Summary
Julie Sims returns to Gulf Shores, Alabama, to visit her dad and help with his diving charter business for the summer. Her parents are divorced, so she lives with her mom in Atlanta during the school year but spends summers with her father.
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