35 parts Complete Treading Water
In Driftwood Cove, Australia, the Monroe siblings aren't just surviving-they're barely keeping their heads above water. Effie Monroe, 15, is loud, chaotic, and stubbornly wild, her sandy-blonde hair salt-streaked from hours surfing the ocean that raised her better than any parent did. Her older brothers-Noah (20), Jude (22), Silas (24), and Kai (26)-are more like co-conspirators than guardians, all rough edges and soft hearts, fiercely protective and even fiercer with each other.
Orphaned by life and anchored only by each other, the Monroes have turned their weather-beaten beach house into a sanctuary where chaos is sacred, surfing is survival, and family is everything. In Driftwood Cove, being fifteen still makes you a kid, eighteen barely makes you an adult, and growing up is something you do with sand in your teeth and salt in your veins.
But summer's coming in fast-with tourists, trouble, and new chances to screw everything up or get it just right. And sometimes, treading water is the only way to keep from drowning.