{"product_id":"monstrous-beauty-9781250034250","title":"Monstrous Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003eFierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences. Almost 140 years later, seventeen-year-old Hester meets a mysterious stranger named Ezra and feels overwhelmingly, inexplicably drawn to him. For generations, love has resulted in death for the women in her family. Is it an undiagnosed genetic defect . . . or a curse? With Ezra's help, Hester investigates her family's strange, sad history. The answers she seeks are waiting in the graveyard, the crypt, and at the bottom of the ocean--but, in Elizabeth Fama's \u003ci\u003eMonstrous Beauty, \u003c\/i\u003epowerful forces will do anything to keep her from uncovering her connection to Syrenka and to the tragedy of so long ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELIZABETH FAMA is the author of \"Overboard,\" an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, which appeared on five state lists. She lives with her family in Chicago, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333763698962,"sku":"9781250034250","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3dfa11e6-219e-4052-a08c-c98167dfc758.jpg?v=1727876593","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/monstrous-beauty-9781250034250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}