Breathe and Count Back from Ten, Natalia Sylvester
Breathe and Count Back from Ten, Natalia Sylvester
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Breathe and Count Back from Ten

Author: Natalia Sylvester

Narrator: Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 05/10/2022

Synopsis

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.

About Natalia Sylvester

Natalia Sylvester is the author Running, her YA debut, as well as two novels for adults, Everyone Knows You Go Home, which won an International Latino Book Award, and Chasing the Sun. Born in Lima, Peru, she grew up in Miami, Central Florida, and South Texas, and received a BFA from the University of Miami. She currently lives in Austin, Texas. Look for her at nataliasylvester.com and follow her on Twitter @NataliaSylv. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by give me books

Idealna książka na lato, chociaż nie taka lekka. Gardzę rodzicami głównej bohaterki......more

Goodreads review by Natalia

I used to hide my scars & now they're on my book cover. I'm so happy. BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN is now available where ever books are sold. It's the story of Vero, a Peruvian American teen with hip dysplasia who auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park, all while navigatin......more

Goodreads review by Alex.andthebooks

Reprezentacja osoby z niepełnosprawnością, nadopiekuńczy rodzice i potrzeba zadowalania wszystkich wokół — aaaand im crying.......more

Goodreads review by kingaxvs

Chyba jedna z lepszych młodzieżówek. Jest w niej dużo o spełnianiu marzeń, bohaterce kibicowałam od pierwszych stron.......more

Goodreads review by phee

“To this day, I don’t know how I didn’t scream. Maybe I was just used to it by then, this idea that pain is meant to be endured quietly.” It’s so unbelievably rare to see illness and/or disability at the forefront of any stories, in any form of media, because disability is not desirable, only - to s......more

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