Secrets of Selkie Bay - Hardcover

Thomas; Moore; Shelley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374367493 ISBN 13: 9780374367497

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015

Synopsis

In their present-day tourist trap of an lrish seaside town, famed for its supposed involvement with selkies in the past, three sisters are faced with the sudden disappearance of their mother. Crushed by the loss, their father is struggling to carry on. To-make matters worse, there are rumours afloat in the village that their mother herself is a selkie who has now shed her human form and gone back to sea. As Cordie Sullivan, the oldest daughter, tries to learn more about her mother's vanishing, she must find the strength to help her family move ahead, even as she discovers an increasing number of clues that point to a hidden island off the coast - a mythical kingdom of the selkies.

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Review

Secrets of Selkie Bay lies somewhere between fantasy and reality, creating a wonderful place where readers can be both pragmatists and believers in all things magical, like the characters who inhabit the pages of this poignant, bewitching book. Shelley Moore Thomas has created a world that calls like the sea, draws us in, and never lets go. --Nikki Loftin, author of NIGHTINGALE S NEST and WISH GIRL

About the Author

Shelley Moore Thomas is the author of the Good Knight series of picture books and easy readers, including the bedtime favorite "Good Night, Good Knight." In addition to writing books, she works as an elementary teacher and as a professional storyteller. "Secrets of Selkie Bay "is her second middle grade novel. Ms. Thomas lives in Oceanside, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0374367493
• ISBN 13: 9780374367497
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224