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Water Bearer

Water Bearer

Meyer, Crystal Joy

Paperback

General Juvenile Fiction

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ISBN13: 9798253601259
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 25 2026
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Walter Krakowski is the epitome of a teenage freak. Living with crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder and emetophobia, he is constantly fearful of contracting an illness. Because of this, he wears a surgical mask and carries extremely purified water wherever he goes - for drinking, for endlessly washing his hands, and to fulfill an obsessive ritual - a perpetual water bearer.

Along with his friend Owen, another freak at his high school, he struggles to get through each day. Bullies, an alcoholic father, confusing asexuality, and a traumatic event from the past makes his life even more difficult. The one thing that keeps him going is his regular online chats with a fellow PC gamer, an intellectual with the screen name CincinnatiLightning96.

One week, a string of events changes everything. A secret ally emerges. Walter snaps and attacks a bully. He finds out that Cincinnati is a girl, and experiences romantic feelings for the first time. A shock comes soon after, followed by one strange coincidence after another, and eventually, a cruel betrayal.

Set in the Y2K era in small-town rural Nebraska, Water Bearer is a nostalgic coming-of-age story full of harrowing circumstances, twists and turns, emotional vulnerability, and the beauty of deep friendship.

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