When her friend Robyn starts going out with her brother Sean and has less time for her, Caitlin's summer job as a lifeguard at a water park suddenly seems less interesting, and she sets about finding a boyfriend of her own.
On a trip to the pool with her mother, Maria notices the various signs that help them, including one that lists the pool hours, two that state safety rules, and several that show the depth of the water.
Presents a social history of public swimming pools in American from the nineteenth century public bathhouses to modern private pools, and shows how gender integration caused racial segregation at municipal pools.
Claudia struggles with her feelings about the tree in which her tree house sits being cut down in order to make room for the much anticipated new pool.
