The Mermaid's Sister (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781477820889)

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Winner for Young Adult Fiction, 2014

Realm Award Winner for Best Speculative Fiction of the Year, 2016

There is no cure for being who you truly are....

In a cottage high atop Llanfair Mountain, sixteen-year-old Clara lives with her sister, Maren, and guardian Auntie. By day, they gather herbs for Auntie's healing potions. By night, Auntie spins tales of faraway lands and wicked fairies. Clara's favorite story tells of three orphan infants--Clara, who was brought to Auntie by a stork; Maren, who arrived in a seashell; and their best friend, O'Neill, who was found beneath an apple tree.

One day, Clara discovers shimmering scales just beneath her sister's skin. She realizes that Maren is becoming a mermaid--and knows that no mermaid can survive on land. Desperate to save her, Clara and O'Neill place the mermaid-girl in their gypsy wagon and set out for the sea. But no road is straight, and the trio encounters trouble around every bend. Ensnared by an evil troupe of traveling performers, Clara and O'Neill must find a way to save themselves and the ever-weakening mermaid.

And always, in the back of her mind, Clara wonders, if my sister is a mermaid, then what am I?

Author: Carrie Anne Noble
ISBN-10: 1477820884
ISBN-13: 9781477820889
Publisher: Skyscape
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2015
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.00h x 6.44w x 0.63d
Award: Breakthrough Novel Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 160
Booklist 03/01/2015 pg. 59
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2015