Between the Sea and Sky

by Jaclyn Dolamore

Book Overview

For as long as Esmerine can remember, she has longed to join her older sister, Dosinia, as a siren--the highest calling a mermaid can have. When Dosinia runs away to the mainland, Esmerine is sent to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599904349
• ISBN13: 9781599904344
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Best Mermaid Book EVER

So, fun fact: this was my favorite mermaid tale back in the day. It was even favorable to the classic Disney Princess. And there's a few reasons for this. -The main character loves to read and is constantly fascinated by the things around her. I found her to be very relatable -You have winged people! I loveeeeeeeee having characters with wings, and a sea and sky forbidden romance? Come onnnnnnn -Though in hindsight this seems to be more my complete dismissal for writer descriptions than Ms. Dolamore's own writing, at the time the opening scenery seemed very unique compared to others underwater worlds. Lets be real, they're all cliche, and terriblyyyyyyy droll. I do think it is vague enough though that you can manipulate the world to your liking which is nice I did, however, notice one issue as I was rereading this. The siren's belt isn't very well explained. When I was younger I must've made up my own rules because the one's in the book aren't very concrete. Does the belt stop working when given to a human? Why can't they just go back and forth without removing their belt (yes, it hurts their feet... but it goes back and forth how big of a deal this is, and with all the moving Esmerine did, I'm not convinced it's all that great) Honestly there's just so many questions I feel could've been resolved, quite easily, by simply explaining the siren belt a little better. But, this book is stilllllllllll one of my favorites. Perhaps I'm biased, but it just brings back so many lovely visuals. AND AND AND I forgot to mention, it's my favorite ship, best friend x best friend. Now tell me: how does it get better than that? The answer is: it doesn't. Four and a calf cows! I know in my heart I can't give it the full five but I really want to. <333