The Sea in You

Written by Jessi Sheron

A teen cleaning a beach is nearly drowned by a fanged mermaid, then begins an unlikely friendship.

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224 pages· ~760L· AR ~4.9

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Bookroo's summary

Fifteen-year-old Corinth only meant to clean up the beach, until Skylla, a fanged mermaid who eats people, nearly drowns her and then lets her go. The two grow close through stories, gifts, jokes and sign language, and Skylla discovers the joys of life on land. But a storm is coming, at sea and in Corinth's relationship with her controlling, jealous boyfriend, and a magical bargain may be her only way out. A dark fantasy graphic novel retelling of The Little Mermaid.

From the publisher

15-year-old Corinth was just trying to clean up the beach; she never expected to meet a mermaid, let alone be nearly drowned by one. It was the start of a very strange friendship! After Skylla, the deadly fanged mermaid, mysteriously lets Corinth live, they grow closer through a cautious exchange of stories, gifts, jokes, and sign language. Mermaids, it turns out, eat people, but however terrifying Skylla may look, she's a little younger, a little smaller, and perhaps a little too soft for all that. Bewitched by Corinth and their growing bond, she learns about all the best things in life on land: books, burgers, donuts, and this strange chattering human sound called laughter. But a storm is brewing - both at sea and in Corinth's increasingly dangerous relationship with her obsessively jealous boyfriend - and a magical bargain may be the only thing that can save her, at a tremendous cost. A whimsical dark fantasy retelling of "The Little Mermaid," The Sea in You upends everything you thought you knew about magical creatures of the deep, on a whirlwind journey to a whole new world you've only dreamed of before!

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