Sunday, June 11, 2017

Pool by JiHyeon Lee


Friendship and imagination replace loneliness and solitude for a boy and a girl who meet at what is possibly the most overcrowded swimming pool in the world! After the pool fills with boisterous kids in inner tubes and other assorted inflatables (including a canoe!) a shy boy dives beneath the chaos and finds a shy girl swimming under the water with him. 

The muted colors at the beginning of the book become increasingly more vibrant as the children explore the depths together and develop a connection.

This book was on USBBY's 2016 list of Outstanding International Books.

Pool by JiHyeon Lee. United States of America (originally published in Korea): Chronicle Books, 2015. [9781452142944]

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