SOLVED. YA Fiction. Boy hangs out with friend in the summer and her friends drowns, her body turning up later in the book. Read in around 2007. [s]

[Marta]

This was one of those books I had to read for school around the Philly area back in around 2007. It was placed during the summer time where some a boy and his friend (a girl) were hanging out by a river and chilling on a rock and then I think they swim and one of them disappears. It isnt until later in the book where they find their drowned body. It isnt 'On my honor' as I am sure the person who drowned was a girl and it was a full novel (albeit not long) the details are hazy now but I remember the scene where the body was later found. They go into detail of bathing suit she was wearing.
I would love help finding out what this book is as I would love to reread it, with all its unsettling atmosphere (though it isnt supernatural).

[Becca]

Blackwater by Eve Bunting, maybe?

[Kris]

Google Books preview of Blackwater by Eve Bunting - Becca's suggestion:

- https://books.google.com/books?id=MS3...
- There are different cover images.

[Kris]

Marta, what's the genre (which we need to add to the topic header) - e.g., for teens? thriller, mystery, coming of age, realistic fiction, etc.?

[Marta]

I think it is black water! And it definitely was a a book for teens! Thank you so so much!!!