{"product_id":"my-life-at-the-bottom-the-story-of-a-lonesome-axolotl-9781632061386","title":"My Life at the Bottom: The Story of a Lonesome Axolotl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning Nordic author and illustrator Linda Bondestam comes a new kind of climate change story, narrated by an adorable axolotl who is--possibly--the last of its kind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn a forest of seaweed there was ME, a rare and beautiful little axolotl, going for my first-ever swim.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo graceful, and yet so lonesome--out of 987 eggs, mine was the only one that hatched.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho knows, maybe I was the last axolotl in these waters?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the bottom of a lake in Mexico City, our axolotl narrator goes to underwater school, collects treasures tossed away by the big lugs on land, and has dance parties with tiger salamander friends. Life is good!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the world gets hotter and hotter, the water gets murkier. Friends become harder to find, and the lonesome axolotl grows even lonelier. Until one day when, out of the blue, a colossal wave carries the axolotl into a surprising new future....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBittersweet, droll, existential, and hopeful, \u003ci\u003eMy Life at the Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale from the climate crisis unlike any other. Combining her irresistible visual wit with exquisite aquatic art and rare empathy, Linda Bondestam brings us a story of catastrophe that bursts with life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBondestam, Linda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Bondestam\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most celebrated illustrators in the Nordic countries. The illustrator and author of dozens of children's books that have been translated into more than ten languages, she was awarded the Snöbollen for Swedish Picture Book of the Year in 2016 and the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize in 2017 for \u003ci\u003eDjur som ingen sett utom vi\u003c\/i\u003e (Animals that no one has seen except us). She lives in Helsinki.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrime, A. A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. A. Prime\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning translator specializing in magical stories for young people. She loves her work because it is the perfect combination of fastidious academia and dreamlike nonsense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yonder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641520427282,"sku":"9781632061386","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c3c1f9f-f017-4d5b-aab5-6a6dcace6dc1.jpg?v=1733021710","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-life-at-the-bottom-the-story-of-a-lonesome-axolotl-9781632061386","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}