The quiet and the loud
(Book)

George seeks the quiet in the loud world around her when the past comes rushing back and sends her into the arms of a girl who brings hope and light into her otherwise dark life.

On the water, with everything hushed above and below, George is steady, silent. Then her estranged dad says he needs to talk, and George's past begins to wake up, looping around her ankles, trying to drag her under. George's best friend, Tess, is about to become a teen mom; her friend Laz is in despair about the climate crisis; her gramps would literally misplace his teeth if not for her, and her moms fill the house with fuss and chatter. When her father tells her his news, George turns to Calliope. Here she would stay, if she could. But the past just will not stay put. -- adapted from jacket