A computer scientist employs advanced virtual reality to empower his granddaughter. Call Me Aisha. I've been told in order to get ahead in this world you have to make a lot of noise; but for a twelve year old who is introverted and soft-spoken that can be a problem. Bullied at my new school for having pointed ears and infrequent seizures; it doesn't help either that my middle name is Moon. When I received a mysterious and enchanting text message and print-out bus ticket to Frederick, Maryland from a Professor Atanasoff claiming to be my grandfather who wanted me to spend the summer with him away from the bullies of Long Island, I jumped at the chance to run away from my problems and meet the curious relative my parents had never mentioned. Dropped off along a deserted stretch of highway I was met by the ninety-one year old professor descending in a  lighter-than-airship he called a vertical zeppelin. We sailed away to a place that is not on any map - as true places never are; and to my surprise, the charming fishing village of Rock Island was not only completely surrounded by water - it was actually in the water. A curious place altogether, its elvish inhabitants were rarely seen out and about at first, and the principal means of transportation are solely by boat, balloon - or combination of the two.  My explorer's curiosity lead me on a summer's adventure of a lifetime in which I found the courage from within to stand up for a new friend and for myself in a world where bullying can happen to anyone.

AISHA & THE WATER DRAGON