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Natalia De La Cruz Rivera y Santiago, also known as Nat, was swimming neighborhood kids out of their money at the local Inglewood pool when her life changed. The LA Mermaids performed, emerging out of the water with matching sequined swimsuits, and it was then that synchronized swimming stole her heart.
The problem? Her activist mom and professor dad think it's a sport with too much emphasis on looks—on being thin and white. Nat grew up the youngest in a house full of boys, so she knows how to fight for what she wants, often using her anger to fuel her. People often underestimate her swimming skills when they see her stomach rolls, but she knows better than to worry about what people think. Still, she feels more like a submarine than a mermaid, but she wonders if she might be both.
Barely Floating explores what it means to sparkle in your skin, build community with those who lift you up, and keep floating when waters get rough.
- Lilliam Rivera - Author
- Victoria Villarreal - Narrator
OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593503560
- File size: 166241 KB
- Release date: August 29, 2023
- Duration: 05:46:20
MP3 audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593503560
- File size: 166260 KB
- Release date: August 29, 2023
- Duration: 05:48:17
- Number of parts: 5
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English
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Lexile® Measure:590
Text Difficulty:2-3