{"product_id":"breathe-and-count-back-from-ten","title":"Breathe and Count Back from Ten","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Pura Belpré Honor Book * A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book for Teens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerónica 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Depot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47730481430691,"sku":"9780358697305","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/8588\/4579\/files\/9780358697305.jpg?v=1780431772","url":"https:\/\/www.bellhousebooks.com\/products\/breathe-and-count-back-from-ten","provider":"Bell House Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}