Julia Hansen

Saving a Thousand Oceans Julia Hansen

Fourteen-year-old Emma spends a lot of time feeling like she's "confined in what seems like a very small box with no air to breathe and no way out."

Emma has ADHD-letters that mean Emma daydreams a lot and has trouble focusing in school-letters that mean her peers have a reason to single her out, make fun of her, and treat her like she's different. Thankfully, Emma has supportive parents and a very special place she can go to where she finds comfort, purpose, and friendship.

But when her special place is threatened, Emma must drown out the voices that say she can't do big, important things because of her ADHD as well as find special help to accomplish her mission before it's too late.

Written by thirteen-year-old Julia Hansen during her summer vacation, Saving a Thousand Oceans is a powerful coming-of-age story about a young girl confronting reality, finding out what friendship really means, and discovering the power of not giving up despite the odds.