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Breathe and Count Back from Ten
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $19.99
ISBN13: 9780358536864
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: May 10 2022
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Awards: Pura Belpre Award, Schneider Family Book Award
A Pura Belpré Honor Book * A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book for Teens
In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia, auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park in the summer before her senior year, all while figuring out her first real boyfriend and how to feel safe in her own body.
Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body.
Her Florida town is home to Mermaid Cove, a kitschy underwater attraction where professional mermaids perform in giant tanks . . . and Verónica wants to audition. But her conservative Peruvian parents would never go for it. And they definitely would never let her be with Alex, her cute new neighbor.
She decides it's time to seize control of her life, but her plans come crashing down when she learns her parents have been hiding the truth from her--the truth about her own body.
- Disability Representation: Verónica's hip dysplasia has meant a life of surgeries, but in the water, she finds freedom. This heartfelt novel explores chronic illness and what it means to feel safe in your own skin.
- YA Romance: She wasn't looking for love, but her cute new neighbor Alex might be exactly what she needs--if her conservative parents don't find out.
- Peruvian-American Main Character: A story rich with cultural detail, navigating the dreams of an immigrant family and a first-generation daughter's fight to choose her own path.
- Body Positivity: More than just a love story, this is a powerful journey of self-discovery, identity, and taking control of the truth about your own body.
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