Mermaid Moon
Mermaid Moon by Susann Cokal, published by Candlewick Press on March 3, 2020, is a young adult fiction novel that explores themes of identity and belonging through the journey of a mermaid. At sixteen, Sanna, who is only half seavish, embarks on a quest to find her landish mother after a spell cast by a sea-witch erased her origins from the memories of her people. This captivating tale is woven with beautiful prose and lush descriptions, inviting readers into a world where magic and reality intertwine.
In her pursuit, Sanna apprentices herself to the witch, learning the art of magic while navigating the challenges of her dual heritage. As she ventures ashore to the Thirty-Seven Dark Islands, she encounters a landscape filled with white roses, a desperate community, and a baroness driven by the desire for immortality. This edition, comprising 496 pages, delves into social themes and the complexities of faith, offering a rich narrative that resonates with readers interested in fantasy and historical elements.
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An award-winning author tells of a mermaid who leaves the sea in search of her landish mother in a captivating tale spun with beautiful prose, lush descriptions, empathy, and keen wit.
Blood calls to blood; charm calls to charm.
It is the way of the world.
Come close and tell us your dreams.
Sanna is a mermaid — but she is only half seavish. The night of her birth, a sea-witch cast a spell that made Sanna’s people, including her landish mother, forget how and where she was born. Now Sanna is sixteen and an outsider in the seavish matriarchy, and she is determined to find her mother and learn who she is. She apprentices herself to the witch to learn the magic of making and unmaking, and with a new pair of legs and a quest to complete for her teacher, she follows a clue that leads her ashore on the Thirty-Seven Dark Islands. There, as her fellow mermaids wait in the sea, Sanna stumbles into a wall of white roses thirsty for blood, a hardscrabble people hungry for miracles, and a baroness who will do anything to live forever.
From the author of the Michael L. Printz Honor Book The Kingdom of Little Wounds comes a gorgeously told tale of belonging, sacrifice, fear, hope, and mortality.
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