TY  - BOOK
AU  - Palacio Obón,Martha Riva
AU  - Heuer,Lourdes
AU  - Sanmar,Dana
AU  - Palacio Obón,Martha Riva
AU  - Palacio Obón,Martha Riva
TI  - Secrets we tell the sea
SN  - 9781547608164
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Children's Books
KW  - Mermaids
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Fishes
KW  - Families
KW  - Islands
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Novels
N1  - "Originally published under the title: Sirenas sueñan con trilobites."--Title page verso; Ages 8-11; Bloomsbury Children's Books; Grades 4-6; Bloomsbury Children's Books
N2  - "The only good thing about Sofia's mom sending her to live with her abuela is that finally Sofia and the sea will meet face-to-face. The sea has always called to Sofia, even when she and her mom lived in a big city nowhere near its shore. That's how Sofia always knew she was a mermaid--that, and the fact that the sea and its creatures are much easier to understand than people. Like her mother, who is sending Sofia away instead of her barracuda of a boyfriend; that's a flying fish if Sofia's ever seen one, spending so much time reaching for the sky she can't see what's going on below the surface. When Sofia meets her abuela, she knows she's up against a sea dragon: fierce and guarded, but maybe not so bad when you're the one she's guarding. Still, Sofia longs to meet another mermaid, someone who understands her and the sea completely. When Sofia meets Louisa, it seems like she's found just that--until the sea betrays them both in one irreversible moment. Soon their town is overtaken by hurricanes and floods and emotions and questions so big Sofia doesn't know what to do with them. Like, how do you catch a flying fish? How do you make friends with the sea again? And how do you calm the rough waters within yourself?" --
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