Secrets We Tell the Sea

By: Martha Riva Palacio Obon, Lourdes Heuer - translator

Narrated by: Bella Marie

Bloomsbury presents Secrets We Tell the Sea by Martha Riva Palacio Obon, read by Bella Marie.

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?©2023 Martha Riva Palacio Obon and Lourdes Heuer (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

I would read this again!

I thought it would inspire kids like Sofia to understand what parents do for there kids. As well as letting them know going through depression and abuse happen but things get better.