Tiny Infinities

In this middle-grade story, when Alice's father moves out, she finds herself living with a mother who is dealing with substance issues, so she retreats to her family's old Renaissance tent in the backyard, determined to keep a piece of her old life until he returns. Hoping to salvage something from the summer, she commits to swimming, training to make the freestyle record board for her team. She meets Harriet, an oddball science-fair whiz who believes Alice's best stroke is backstroke, not freestyle, and the two form an unlikely friendship. As Alice navigates family tension, her mother's problems, and the pressure of her swimming goal, she learns what it truly means to hold onto hope.