The Sea in You (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781638991113)

"A refreshingly menacing take on the mermaid mythos." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"An exciting, dramatic, and tender tale of adolescent self-discovery--above and below the ocean." -- FOREWORD

15-year-old Corinth was just trying to clean up the beach; she never expected to meet a mermaid, let alone be nearly drowned by one. It was the start of a very strange friendship!

After Skylla, the deadly fanged mermaid, mysteriously lets Corinth live, they grow closer through a cautious exchange of stories, gifts, jokes, and sign language. Mermaids, it turns out, eat people, but however terrifying Skylla may look, she's a little younger, a little smaller, and perhaps a little too soft for all that. Bewitched by Corinth and their growing bond, she learns about all the best things in life on land: books, burgers, donuts, and this strange chattering human sound called laughter. But a storm is brewing - both at sea and in Corinth's increasingly dangerous relationship with her obsessively jealous boyfriend - and a magical bargain may be the only thing that can save her, at a tremendous cost.

A whimsical dark fantasy retelling of "The Little Mermaid," The Sea in You upends everything you thought you knew about magical creatures of the deep, on a whirlwind journey to a whole new world you've only dreamed of before!

Author: Jessi Sheron
ISBN-10: 1638991111
ISBN-13: 9781638991113
Publisher: Iron Circus Comics
Language: English
Published: 07/11/2023
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2023 - Book Of Special Distinction
Publishers Weekly 01/23/2023
Foreword 02/27/2023
School Library Journal 03/01/2023 pg. 95
Shelf Awareness 03/24/2023