{"product_id":"these-bodies-between-us-hardcover","title":"These Bodies Between Us - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Van Name\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wistful coming-of-age story with a haunting twist about four friends who spend their summer learning to become invisible--but disappearing comes at a cost.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFour girls. Four girls skating home, both sides of the road, fearless. Four girls at the mouth of an infinite ocean, sugared and salted with sand and seawater, the tide licking their sunburned feet.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis summer, they're going to disappear. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor seventeen-year-old Callie and her best friends Talia and Cleo, every summer in their small North Carolina beach town is as steady as the tides. But this year, Cleo has invited enigmatic new girl Polly to join them, creating waves in their familiar friendship. And Cleo has an idea, gleaned from private YouTube videos and hidden message boards: they're going to learn how to make themselves invisible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCallie thinks it's a ridiculous, impossible plan. But the other girls are intoxicated by the thought of disappearing, even temporarily--from bad boyfriends, from overbearing families, from the confusing, uncomfortable reality of having a body altogether. And, miraculously, it works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet as the girls revel in their reckless new freedom, they realize it's getting harder to come back to themselves... and do they even want to?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Van Name grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and now lives and works in Durham with her family and dog. She is the author of two young adult novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Goodbye Summer\u003c\/i\u003e (2019, a Junior Library Guild pick) and \u003ci\u003eAny Place But Here\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 8.45 x 5.71 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748834967840,"sku":"9780593646175","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0ea2655d8e7956382221a0a2e7bf3fe9_5170d4d0-9f51-4346-81cd-c963881faf78.webp?v=1779917618","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/these-bodies-between-us-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}