Premise

Blue World Bound follows 18-year-old Margaret Hayes in Burlington, Vermont. It’s 1949, and the government has just mandated that her city be the first of many to relocate to a new underwater civilization due to severe overpopulation. Leading up to her assigned moving day, Margaret accidentally intercepts secret government correspondence meant for her father, one of Vermont’s senators. She begins to uncover the sinister reality behind the selections for underwater relocation: the government plans to create a ‘better’ society, starting over with only the ‘best’ of cities, leaving the rest behind for good. With Burlington’s departure date approaching, she must decide whether to keep quiet and protect her father’s reputation, or speak up and risk it all.