{"product_id":"9781477820889","title":"The Mermaid's Sister","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmazon Breakthrough Novel Award Winner for Young Adult Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRealm Award Winner for Best Speculative Fiction of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is no cure for being who you really are...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a cottage high atop Llanfair Mountain, sixteen-year-old Clara lives with her sister, Maren, and guardian Auntie. By day, they gather herbs for Auntie’s healing potions; by night, Auntie spins tales of faraway lands and wicked fairies. Clara’s favorite story tells of three orphaned infants—Clara, who was brought to Auntie by a stork; Maren, who arrived in a seashell; and their best friend, O’Neill, who was found beneath an apple tree. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day, Clara discovers iridescent scales just beneath her sister’s skin: Maren is becoming a mermaid and must be taken to the sea or she will die. So Clara, O’Neill, and the mermaid-girl set out for the shore. But the trio encounters trouble around every bend. Ensnared by an evil troupe of traveling performers, Clara and O’Neill must find a way to save themselves and the ever-weakening Maren. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd always in the back of her mind, Clara wonders, \u003ci\u003eif my sister is a mermaid, then what am I?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazon Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43082646454333,"sku":"9781477820889","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781477820889_p0.jpg?v=1775172478","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781477820889","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}