The Changeling Sea

The four-time Mythopoeic Fantasy Award winning author of The Forgotten Beasts of Eld presents a captivating coming-of-age fantasy that will transport readers to a world brimming with enchantment and heart. "An enchanting fantasy that is tinged with realism and romance." --School Library Journal "McKillip is a master storyteller; her tale rings true as if it were being told from memory."-- Kirkus Reviews Since the day her father's fishing boat returned without him, Peri and her mother have mourned his loss. Her mother sinks into a deep depression and spends her days gazing out at the sea, dreaming of the kingdom beneath the waves. Unable to control her anger and sadness any longer, and wishing her mother could be the way she once was, Peri uses the small magic she knows to hex the sea. And because of that hex, suddenly the King's sons--changelings that are half earth-bound and half water-bound--come into her drab life, bringing the love that the sea stole from her . . .

The four-time Mythopoeic Fantasy Award winning author of The Forgotten Beasts of Eld presents a captivating coming-of-age fantasy that will transport readers to a world brimming with enchantment and heart. "An enchanting fantasy that is tinged with realism and romance." --School Library Journal "McKillip is a master storyteller; her tale rings true as if it were being told from memory."-- Kirkus Reviews Since the day her father's fishing boat returned without him, Peri and her mother have mourned his loss. Her mother sinks into a deep depression and spends her days gazing out at the sea, dreaming of the kingdom beneath the waves. Unable to control her anger and sadness any longer, and wishing her mother could be the way she once was, Peri uses the small magic she knows to hex the sea. And because of that hex, suddenly the King's sons--changelings that are half earth-bound and half water-bound--come into her drab life, bringing the love that the sea stole from her . . .