How to Make a Wave

Twelve-year-old Delia keeps people at a distance, believing she is ugly and that her family is strange, having been abandoned by her mother who left for India when Delia was young. With the help of her Aunt Shirley and her art class, Delia begins to uncover suppressed memories of a car accident and learns that everyone carries their own pain. The story follows Delia as she works to overcome her emotional barriers and accept difficult truths about her family.