<p><b><i>"A refreshingly menacing take on the mermaid mythos."<span> — </span><span>PUBLISHERS WEEKLY</span><br></i></b></p><p><b><i>"An exciting, dramatic, and tender tale of adolescent self-discovery—above and below the ocean." <span>— </span><span>FOREWORD</span></i></b><br></p><p>15-year-old Corinth was just trying to clean up the beach; she never expected to meet a mermaid, let alone be nearly drowned by one. It was the start of a <i>very </i>strange friendship!</p> <p>After Skylla, the deadly fanged mermaid, mysteriously lets Corinth live, they grow closer through a cautious exchange of stories, gifts, jokes, and sign language. Mermaids, it turns out, eat people, but however terrifying Skylla may look, she’s a little younger, a little smaller, and perhaps a little too soft for all that. Bewitched by Corinth and their growing bond, she learns about all the best things in life on land: books, burgers, do