{"product_id":"the-mermaids-sister-9781477820889","title":"The Mermaid's Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmazon Breakthrough Novel Award Winner for Young Adult Fiction, 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRealm Award Winner for Best Speculative Fiction of the Year, 2016 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is no cure for being who you truly are....\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a cottage high atop Llanfair Mountain, sixteen-year-old Clara lives with her sister, Maren, and guardian Auntie. By day, they gather herbs for Auntie's healing potions. By night, Auntie spins tales of faraway lands and wicked fairies. Clara's favorite story tells of three orphan infants--Clara, who was brought to Auntie by a stork; Maren, who arrived in a seashell; and their best friend, O'Neill, who was found beneath an apple tree. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day, Clara discovers shimmering scales just beneath her sister's skin. She realizes that Maren is becoming a mermaid--and knows that no mermaid can survive on land. Desperate to save her, Clara and O'Neill place the mermaid-girl in their gypsy wagon and set out for the sea. But no road is straight, and the trio encounters trouble around every bend. Ensnared by an evil troupe of traveling performers, Clara and O'Neill must find a way to save themselves and the ever-weakening mermaid. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd always, in the back of her mind, Clara wonders, \u003ci\u003eif my sister is a mermaid, then what am I?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoble, Carrie Anne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Carrie Anne Noble is a former staff writer for a Pennsylvania newspaper and a graduate of the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild apprenticeship program. A member of Kingdom Writers, she also eagerly participates in National Novel Writing Month each November and meets bimonthly with other NaNoWriMo writers in her area. Besides making stuff up, she enjoys reading, sewing, cheering on fellow writers, spending time with her family, and attempting to garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skyscape","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50466423963922,"sku":"9781477820889","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24d6fb42-24d7-4c0b-a445-9aeb8a1f0093.jpg?v=1730121443","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mermaids-sister-9781477820889","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}