U is for Underwater

Y'all, I get more story ideas than I'll ever be able to use. For this A to Z Challenge I'm sharing some of these crazy and random balloons with you just for the fun of it. The posts will be set up like a backcover blurb. Sit back and enjoy! 

U is for Underwater 
Living in Una means a life filled with water. Alia loves her island home where sea gulls swoop down and steal crumbs of food and dolphins frolic in the shimmering shades of green and blue that make up the waves that roll in and out. Her grandfather even tells of a pet sea turtle he rode as a boy. 
But each day when the high tide begins lapping at the sand Alia feels panic rising up, choking her and cloaking her with a curtain of fear. 
One day Alia decides enough is enough and sets out to find the truth of her phobia. Only, the truth is far more upsetting than she had ever realized and once she knows it her life will never go back to normal.