Breathe and Count Back from Ten

by Natalia Sylvester

Book Overview

A Pura Belpr Honor Book * A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book for Teens

In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Ver nica, 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.

Ver nica has had many surgeries to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0358536863
• ISBN13: 9780358536864
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher