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A richly imagined fantasy set in Nova Scotia where a young girl - part selkie, part human - must save her family.. I am human upon dry land. I swim as selkie on the sea.. Brigit knows all the old songs and legends by heart: of Neve, the daughter of the sea god; of the warrior Finn MacCool; and of people who are not quite human. But Brigit knows the truth. It's evident in the webbing between her fingers-webbing that must be cut. She's the daughter of a selkie. A truth she must keep secret from everyone.. But someone in her village is killing young seals. Angering the king of the selkie clan, who vows revenge. A curse that will bring storm, sickness, and death. To protect those she loves, Brigit must find a way to Sule Skerrie, the land of selkies, to confront the Great Selkie and protect the young seals from harm.
About the Author
Even before I could read, I wanted to tell stories. I'd block out a comic strip and draw stories with stick figures. Later, after I started school, I would climb the willow tree in my backyard, where I'd write in my journal and make lists of favorite words. As a teenager, I wrote poetry and my own Nancy Drew mysteries, but I never imagined being an author. I didn't think authors were real people.
I became many other things when I grew up--a teacher, wife, mother, but all the while, I was writing...
Linda Crotta Brennan is the Award-winning author of Marshmallow Kisses, Flannel Kisses, North Carolina: Rookie Read About Geography, The Black Regiment of the American Revolution, and a contributor to The American Notable Women Series. Her latest book, Women of the Golden State: 25 California Women You Should Know was published in Fall 2009. Women of the Empire State: 25 New York Women You Should Know is due out soon.
