Merrow

By Ananda Braxton-Smith

Book Overview

In this breathless and beautifully crafted tale, twelve-year-old Neen Marrey must separate town gossip from town lore to learn the truth about her mother--and herself. The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen's back ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared. The townspeople say her mother was a merrow and has returned to the ocean. Neen, caught in her hazy new in-between self--not a child, but not quite grown up--can't help but wonder if the villagers are right. But if her mother was a merrow, then what does that make Neen?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763679240
• ISBN13: 9780763679248
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher