5Growing up in the chaos of family addiction, mental illness, domestic violence, and death of both parents will shape the life of any child. Urban Tidepool leads readers through a story that could have easily ended in tragedy, but instead ends in creation, connection, and hope. Stretching across a ten year time frame, Urban Tidepool delivers a tough story with grit and humor, and reminds us all that we are surrounded by kids struggling to get through and by heroes who make it possible for them to do so, and that the Universe gives us exactly who we need, exactly when we need them. Not only is it possible to survive such darkness, it is possible to go on to lead with your light.