Merrow
Enduring whispers about her absent mother's alleged merrow origins after her father drowns, twelve-year-old Neen questions her identity as she becomes increasingly torn between the worlds of the sea and her island home.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Somerville, Massachusetts :
Candlewick Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: | Enduring whispers about her absent mother's alleged merrow origins after her father drowns, twelve-year-old Neen questions her identity as she becomes increasingly torn between the worlds of the sea and her island home. |
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| Physical Description: | 233 pages ; 22 cm |
| Audience: | Young adult |
| ISBN: | 0763679240 9780763679248 |
| Author Notes: | Amanda Braxton-Smith is the Australian author of Plenty: A Place to Call Home which won a Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards 2015 in the eight to ten years category. The Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards aim to `promote quality Australian books that help children get the best, most literate start in life¿, as well as raising awareness of `the role speech pathologists play in assisting people of all ages to develop their language and literacy skills¿. The books are judged on their `appeal to children, interactive quality and ability to assist speech pathologists and parents in communication and literacy development¿. (Bowker Author Biography) |
