Fromaward-winningNordicauthorandillustratorLindaBondestamcomesanewkindofclimatechangestory,narratedbyanadorableaxolotlwhois--possibly--thelastofitskind.InaforestofseaweedtherewasME,arareandbeautifullittleaxolotl,goingformyfirst-everswim.Sograceful,andyetsolonesome--outof987eggs,minewastheonlyonethathatched.Whoknows,maybeIwasthelastaxolotlinthesewaters?AtthebottomofalakeinMexicoCity,ouraxolotlnarratorgoestounderwaterschool,collectstreasurestossedawaybythebiglugsonland,andhasdancepartieswithtigersalamanderfriends.Lifeisgood!Butastheworldgetshotterandhotter,thewatergetsmurkier.Friendsbecomehardertofind,andthelonesomeaxolotlgrowsevenlonelier.Untilonedaywhen,outoftheblue,acolossalwavecarriestheaxolotlintoasurprisingnewfuture....Bittersweet,droll,existential,andhopeful,MyLifeattheBottomisatalefromtheclimatecrisisunlikeanyother.Combiningherirresistiblevisualwitwithexquisiteaquaticartandrareempathy,LindaBondestambringsusastoryofcatastrophethatburstswithlife.
