Alice is a seventh grader going on to eighth grade. But, Alice has a dark secret. Alice is deeply afraid of deep water. Alice is to ashamed to tell her friends that. In the summer, Alice and her friend go a friends pool almost everyday. So, Alice's brother takes her to his friend's pool to teach her how to swim in deep water. Alice is very scared. But she tries and she tries and she tries and she got it. Now, over the summer Alice can join her friends in the pool instead of staying home with her brother.