![]() ![]() Island men set aside their human wives-girls and matrons who once ridiculed Misskaella-and pay whatever she asks for seal wives. When she learns to draw forth a beautiful woman from a seal, life changes again. A secret joy makes life bearable, but loss soon follows. Left largely unguided to develop her gifts, Misskaella grows up unloved, unmarried and feared. In this spellbinding, intricately layered novel, the Printz Honor winner ( Tender Morsels, 2008) puts her unique spin on selkies-haunting, mysterious, seal-human shape-shifters in a world of hardscrabble fishing villages, lonely islands and cold, restless seas.Īt the story’s heart is unattractive, abused Misskaella, whose harsh life on Rollrock Island changes when, at age 9, she awakens to powers that include an exhilarating, terrifying connection to the island’s seals. ![]()
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