Literary writing stuffed with interesting if ancillary historical detail moves through several perspectives. She studied magic in order to form legs and search the land, directed by her flok’s ancient witch. Half-seavish Sanna has grown up a marreminde but longs to find her landish mother. Ruled by the (uncannily) long-lived Baroness Thyrla, watched over by Our Lady of the Sea, an ostensibly Christian statue, this is a place where little changes until a mysterious girl comes ashore. The Thirty-Seven Dark Islands, remote and Scandinavian, are prosperous and bustling. Printz Award honoree Cokal ( The Kingdom of Little Wounds, 2013, etc.) switches from historical fiction to historical fantasy in this loose reinterpretation of Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.”
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