{"product_id":"swimming-with-seals-maggie-de-vries-9781459813212","title":"Swimming with Seals","description":"Ally isn't able to live with her mother. Instead she lives far, far away, on the other side of the country, with her gram and great-aunt. But one summer Ally goes to stay with her aunt and uncle in the \"big city by the ocean\" and gets to spend time with her mom. While exploring the shore, watching whales from the boat dipping into the salty water, Ally finds out something important: her mother loves to swim as much as she does. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a very personal story. Ally is based on the author's niece, Jeanie, and Ally's mother is based on the author's sister, Sarah, who went missing from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver in 1998. Jeanie is like a seal in the water, and Sarah was just the same, but they never got to swim together. In this story, they do. \u003ci\u003eSwimming with Seals\u003c\/i\u003e is a story that was written for the thousands of children who long to live with their birth parents and will never fully understand why they can't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie de Vries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1459813219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459813212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orca Book Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 9.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2018","brand":"Maggie de Vries","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980427428095,"sku":"9781459813212","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa78e39e-138e-41bf-8385-29c29c84f9ac.jpg?v=1683249840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/swimming-with-seals-maggie-de-vries-9781459813212","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}