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426 pp.
| Candlewick |
October, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7923-1$17.99
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4-6
After her marine-biologist parents are killed, Fidelia is kidnapped by Merrick the Monstrous, a pirate who needs her diving skills to retrieve his treasure from a shark's territory. Fidelia's grief fits somewhat strangely with the high-flying adventure; nevertheless, the seagoing exploits are first-rate, and Merrick is a charismatic, credibly flawed swashbuckler whose doomed romance will grab readers' sympathies once it's revealed.