The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

After wildfires force an evacuation from her father’s home, neurodivergent Maudie settles in a small California town. Surfing gives her a way to express herself, but she is also carrying the difficult question of whether to tell her dad about physical and emotional abuse at her mother’s house. During a summer with her father, Maudie searches for the courage to share her secret.