Julián

Julián loves things that sparkle. Jewelry. Fish. Fabric. Mermaids. The sparklier, the better. So when he arrives in Brooklyn to spend the summer with a grandmother he barely knows, it doesn’t take long for him to discover that her apartment — and the neighborhood around it — might contain unexpected treasure. When he encounters a group of local girls preparing for a Coney Island Parade, Julián decides he’s a mermaid. And, really, why wouldn’t he?