Lilliam Rivera - Barely Floating - 2023 [EN]

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"Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera" is a Non-Fiction > General title in English, distributed as a EPUB file (2.9 MB). Written by Lilliam Rivera. The book spans approximately 162 pages with 51,441 words. A dazzling story full of heart about how one twelve-year-old channels her rage into synchronized swimming dreams, from the author of The Education of Margot Sanchez and Never Look Back, Lilliam Rivera. Natalia de la Cruz Rivera y Santiago, also known as Nat, was swimming neighborhood kids out of their money at the local Boyle Heights pool when her life changed. The L.A. 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 emp...

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CategoryBooks

LanguageEnglish (EN)

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Literature

QualityEPUB

Size2.9 MB

Pages162

ArchivedSep 14, 2026

Synopsis

Beto is all cheeks, like a chipmunk storing food or like Kiko from that old El Chavo cartoon. Those around me chuckle or shake their heads. It’s hard to contain a person like me—especially when that person grew up in a house full of stinky, loud boys. If Beto agrees to race me and I end up beating him, which I will, what does that make him? Beto hasn’t been around my house much, nor around me. He doesn’t understand that I’m like a shark: relentless.