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234 pp.
| Candlewick |
November, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7924-8$16.99
(2)
YA
Gossips on the Isle of Man say that Neen Marrey's father drowned and her mother was a merrow, or mermaid. Scavenging among the sea wrack (and the local folklore) for answers, Neen glimpses an amazing truth. Braxton-Smith's forceful, musical prose seems born from the very waters of her setting--the Irish Sea, at a time when Norsemen still raided and selkies, merrows, and krakens were considered to be real. Glos.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
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January, 2017