{"product_id":"whose-beauty-is-past-change-paperback","title":"Whose Beauty is Past Change - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this \"\u003cstrong\u003eengaging modern-day fairy tale\" (Kirkus Reviews), \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhose Beauty is Past Change \u003c\/em\u003etells the coming of age story story of Lissa, a young girl who journeys through beautiful distractions to find herself, and her future in a fantastic undersea realm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile visiting Key West, Florida, with her father (a professor of poetry), Lissa falls into the Gulf while watching a beautiful sunset. Unable to return to the surface, she learns she has been called to follow a golden path to Kwest, the undersea realm where sunsets are painted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo guide her along the path, she encounters the charming creatures of the reef: dazzling Glam-Mer, the clownfish; wise Pri-Mer, the sea-turtle; ponderous Boo-Mer, the manatee; giddy Skim-Mer, the dolphin, and cantankerous and creative Glim-Mer, the giant oyster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, Lissa reaches Kwest, the luminous undersea realm where sunsets are painted. Using what she has learned of art and poetry from her parents, she proves she belongs in Kwest. There she is offered a choice: to return to the surface or remain forever as a painter of sunsets. She chooses to stay, and is transformed into a mermaid. But she has one request: a special message to her father - a sunset of her own design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntended to inspire and encourage young poets and artists, the book quotes major poets such as E. E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Blake, Wallace Stevens, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and John Keats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor advanced middle-grade and YA readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublishers Note: This book was previously published under the title \u003cem\u003ePainting Sunsets.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47314068930809,"sku":"9781953725608","price":10.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/gbGplboZ9z9781953725608.webp?v=1769407597","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/whose-beauty-is-past-change-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}