Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536216745)

A solitary girl with a kinship for the sea makes a wondrous discovery in a tale of identity and belonging from master storyteller David Almond.

Annie Lumsden has hair that drifts like seaweed, eyes that shine like rock pools, and thoughts that dart and dance like minnows. She lives with her artist mother by the sea, where she feels utterly at home, and has long felt apart from the other girls at school. Words and numbers on the page don't make sense to her, and strange maladies have been springing up that the doctors can't explain. Annie's mother says that all things can be turned into tales, and often she tells her daughter stories about the rocks she paints like faces, or the smoke that wafts from chimneys, or who Annie's dad is. But one day Annie asks her mother for a different tale, something with better truth in it--and on that same day a stranger in town, drawn to the sight of a girl who seems akin to the sea, helps Annie understand how special she is. Featuring Beatrice Alemagna's expressive illustrations, this enchanting coming-of-age tale by the award-winning David Almond borrows from lore and flirts at the edges of mystery.

Author: David Almond
ISBN-10: 1536216747
ISBN-13: 9781536216745
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 05/18/2021
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.40w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511832 / Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 05/24/2021