{"product_id":"the-girl-with-gills","title":"The Girl with Gills","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original, middle grade fantasy debut awash with adventure. A determined heroine and a sinister villain clash to reveal river lore in a watery world of fantastical creatures and colossal challenges.\n\nIn a time and place which might be now, people with gills, outcast Larkers, live in secret communities.\n\nThey have houseboats along the river. Concealing their gills from land lubbers, they scour the mudbanks, trade their finds and live off their wits. Twelve-year-old Effra has been supporting her brother, Fleet, alone since their beloved grandfather died six months ago.\n\nWhen merciless Rivermun, a larker gone bad, snatches Fleet, Effra begs for his return. Rivermun asks for the impossible - he wants to overpower Mother River, to possess the river serpent's pearl and for age-old debts to be settled. Effra must bargain with the imposing Mother River, dive into the underwater parts of the city, venture deep into the Rat Queen's lair and confront the terrible river serpent to save not only Fleet, but everything the Larkers stand for. Luckily, she is not alone. She befriends a sentient sewer rat and a landlubber girl called Bow, who will help her in her quest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Children's fiction, Action \u0026amp; Adventure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zephyr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781035912377\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rogers, Becca","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £2.18","offer_id":47970676703409,"sku":"SB-1035912376-C2","price":2.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1035912376.jpg?v=1790276510","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-girl-with-gills","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}