{"product_id":"the-fires-beneath-the-sea-paperback","title":"The Fires Beneath the Sea - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLydia Millet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews: Best of 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected for the ABC Best Books for Children Catalog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lush and intelligent opener for a topical eco-fantasy series.--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first of the Dissenters series, Cara's mother has disappeared. Her father isn't talking about it. Her big brother Max is hiding behind his iPod, and her genius little brother Jackson is busy studying the creatures he collects from the beach. But when a watery specter begins to haunt the family's Cape Cod home, Cara and her brothers realize that their scientist mother may not be who they thought she was--and that the world has much stranger, much older inhabitants than they had imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith help from Cara's best friend Hayley, the three embark on a quest that will lead them from the Cape's hidden, ancient places to a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea. They're soon on the front lines of an ancient battle between good and evil, with the terrifying \"pouring man\" close on their heels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with memorable characters and thrilling imagery, Lydia Millet weaves a page-turning adventure even as she brings the seaside world of Cape Cod to magical life. The first in a series of books about the Sykes children, \u003ci\u003eThe Fires Beneath the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is a rip-cracking middle-grade novel that will make perfect beach reading--for readers of any age \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLydia Millet is the author of six previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eMy Happy Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2003 PEN-USA Award for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eOh Pure and Radiant Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Her short story collection \u003ci\u003eLove in Infant Monkeys\u003c\/i\u003e was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 273\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fires Beneath the Sea\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769981075744,"sku":"9781931520478","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f5e6a73886757079d0ee7ba6947b5bac.webp?v=1780361739","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fires-beneath-the-sea-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}