Infandous (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781467738491)

"Once there was a mermaid who dared to love a wolf. Her love for him was so sudden and so fierce that it tore her tail into legs."

Sephora Golding lives in the shadow of her unbelievably beautiful mother. Even though they scrape by in the seedier part of Venice Beach, she's always felt lucky. As a child, she imagined she was a minor but beloved character in her mother's fairy tale. But now, at sixteen, the fairy tale is less Disney and more Grimm. And she wants the story to be her own.

Then she meets Felix, and the fairy tale takes a turn she never imagined.

"Things don't really turn out the way they do in fairy tales. I'm telling you that right up front, so you're not disappointed later."

Sometimes, a story is just a way to hide the unspeakable in plain sight.

Author: Elana K. Arnold
ISBN-10: 1467738492
ISBN-13: 9781467738491
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2015
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.60w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.2
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 171400 / Infandous

Award: Moonbeam Children's Book Award - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 130
Booklist 01/01/2015 pg. 94
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 01/19/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2015
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 110 - Recommended, Satisfactory