Merrow
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9780763679248
Pages
233 pages
Genre
fantasy
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Enduring whispers about her absent mother's alleged merrow origins after her father drowns, twelve-year-old Neen questions her identity as she becomes increasingly torn between the worlds of the sea and her island home.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Disability and Health; Family member death; Legal guardianship; Kinship care; Multicultural; Physical disability; death of a mother; death of a father; aunt raising niece; multicultural child; blind; blind child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
aunt
Awards
Aurealis Award, 2010, Finalist, Young Adult Novels
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2016
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2016
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2017 Young Adult Fiction
Keywords
death; sea; village; lost; identity; water; Christianity; pagan
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Braxton-Smith, Ananda, "Merrow" (2010). Diverse Families. 724.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/724