Slowly, she becomes aware that she is transforming into a daughter of the sea. A mysterious, rather romantic figure, he seems to see into Hannah's soul. She returns to Boston and takes a position as a scullery maid in a wealthy household, where a young artist comes to paint a portrait of her employers' three daughters. Stricken by a mysterious malady when she is sent westward on an orphan train, 15-year-old Hannah instinctively knows that she can be cured by proximity to the ocean. A good bet for upper middle-grade and early YA readers. Wheeler show up, the plot becomes gripping. The novel, first in a projected series, at first offers its early-20th-century history lesson in overly painstaking detail, especially the domestic staff hierarchy. Meanwhile, the Hawleys' psychotic eldest daughter, Lila, and her demonic cat, Jade, see Hannah as a threat as she deciphers the secret of her identity, Hannah must ward off their perhaps supernatural attacks. He in turn hungers for and recognizes in Hannah what she doesn't yet grasp. Wheeler, an artist hired to paint the three Hawley daughters. Hannah is attracted to the family's mysterious porcelain vases depicting sea creatures and even more so to Mr. Hired as scullery maid by the Hawleys, a wealthy Boston family, she embarks on a journey to understand and fulfill her destiny. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Orphan Hannah Albury, 15, the engagingly demure yet plucky heroine, has always been drawn to the ocean. Kathryn has also written a number of critically acclaimed nonfiction titles such as BEYOND THE BURNING TIME and TRUE NORTH. Her beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole fantasy series has sold more than 4 million copies, and she is the author of A TIME FOR COURAGE and other titles in the Dear America series.
Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor-winning author of over one hundred books for children and young adults. A choice lies ahead, and Hannah must discover if she is a creature of the land-or of the sea.
A young painter recognizes something in Hannah-a connection with the sea that recalls a secret from his own past.
But she is not the only one who senses it. She leaves a ring of salt in the tub when she bathes, and sometimes she sees a faint tracing of scales on her feet. Instead of seasickness, she gets land sickness. Hannah is not like other girls in the turn-of-the-century Boston orphanage where she grew up. Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky plunges into the world of teen romance with a magical series about the newest supernatural phenomenon-mermaids!
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