Blind Faith

Where the Lost Ones Go

Above All Else

The Color of Silence

Because of Anya

The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

The Forces Within (Montgomery Lake High Book 5)

Too Bright to See

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.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Blind Faith

Ellen Wittlinger, 2006

Where the Lost Ones Go

Akemi Dawn Bowman, 2022

Above All Else

Dana Alison Levy, 2020

The Color of Silence

Liane Shaw, 2013

Because of Anya

Margaret Peterson Haddix, 2002

The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

Ellen Oh, 2024

The Forces Within (Montgomery Lake High Book 5)

Stacy A. Padula, 2014

Too Bright to See

Kyle Lukoff, 2021