num_pages: 336
description: Hope had abandoned them to the wrath of all the waters.In the last days of the twenty-first century sea creatures swim through the ruins of London. Trapped in the abyss humankind wavers between fear and hopefear of what lurks in the depths around them and hope that they might one day find a way back to the surface. When sixteen-year-old submersible racer Leyla McQueen is chosen to participate in the prestigious annual marathon she sees an opportunity to save her father who has been arrested on false charges. The Prime Minister promises the champion whatever their heart desires. But the race takes an unexpected turn forcing Leyla to make an impossible choice. Now she must brave unfathomable waters and defy a corrupt government determined to keep its secrets all the while dealing with a guarded hotheaded companion she never asked for in the first place. If Leyla fails to discover the truths at the heart of her world or falls prey to her own fears she risks captureor worse. And her father will be lost to her forever.
language: English
title: The Light at the Bottom of the World
publisher:  Little, Brown Books for Young Readers