Lili Dauphin's gripping tale about a young girl coming of age in an impoverished Caribbean island is a must read for all children over 12 years old. Its message of hope, self-reliance and gratitude amidst life's challenges are essential life lessons for all youth.
Lili weaves together indelible characters with a voice that is unique and seldom heard from in the world of literature. You can practically smell the history and culture jumping off the pages through her visceral storytelling style. Lili paints the Caribbean in a vivid and intoxicating way that only someone who was born there can do.
My memory of Elias is intimate but brief; I asked him, "what happened, where are you taking me, who are you? Tell me!"
In a calm voice; "Sara hush, you died.
Selkie's lonely heart has finally found a home with Aidan. But sometimes destiny compels us to love, and sometimes it forbids us...suspenseful, romantic, and spellbinding.
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