Merrow (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763679248)

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?

Author: Ananda Braxton-Smith
ISBN-10: 0763679240
ISBN-13: 9780763679248
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 11/08/2016
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 195495 / Merrow


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2016 pg. 164
Booklist 10/01/2016 pg. 74
Publishers Weekly 09/26/2016
School Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 108
BookPage 11/01/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2016
Shelf Awareness 11/15/2016
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2016 - Recommended - Readable
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2017 pg. 89