{"product_id":"9781931520416","title":"The Fires Beneath the Sea","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLydia Millet\u003c\/b\u003e 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 shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Her short story collection \u003ci\u003eLove in Infant Monkeys\u003c\/i\u003e was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Small Beer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178216243440,"sku":"9781931520416","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781931520416_p0.jpg?v=1763638969","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781931520416","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}