{"product_id":"mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand","title":"Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand","description":"                                            \u003cb\u003eEveryone besides Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the town holds a secret annual festival to honor them. Can she solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy…?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWhen Tokiko’s parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole lives isn’t easy. Things start to look up when local boy Yosuke, another outsider, wants to be friends.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\nBut then strange memories start to surface.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\nSwimming in the ocean…\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\nDrowning…\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\nGetting saved by…\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n…a \u003ci\u003emerman\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\nYosuke denies the presence of merfolk, yet the townspeople hold a festival to honor them every year. Can Tokiko solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy...?\u003cbr\u003eYoko Komori won the Silver Award at the fourth Golden Tiara Grand Prix in 2010, a year when no gold was awarded, for her debut manga \u003ci\u003eKimi ga Shindara\u003c\/i\u003e (If You Die). Her manga \u003ci\u003eSirius and Mayu\u003c\/i\u003e (Sirius and Cocoon) was serialized in the monthly magazine \u003ci\u003eYOU\u003c\/i\u003e in 2011 and collected into a graphic novel in 2012. Her graphic novels \u003ci\u003eMermaid Scales and the Town of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKokage-kun wa Majo\u003c\/i\u003e (My Friend Kokage Is a Witch) were released in 2013 and 2016, respectively.\r\n                                        ","brand":"Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42054883344575,"sku":"9781974734658","price":35.09,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand.jpg?v=1667245291","url":"https:\/\/popweasel.co.nz\/products\/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}