Of Salt and Shore

Authors: Schaap, Annet
Lexile: 550,
Publisher: Charlesbridge
BISAC/Subject: JUV039000, JUV012030, JUV066000
ISBN: 9781632899989, Related ISBNs: 1623542308, 1623543444, 1632899981, 9781623542306, 9781623543440
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 336,
Audience: Children/juvenile
Synopsis: For fans of The Hazel Wood, this middle grade novel takes the dark stuff of fairytales and crafts it into a powerful story of friendship and light.

"Once I picked the book up, I didn’t set it down until I finished it with tears in my eyes. . ." —The New York Times Book Review

Every evening Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, must light a lantern to warn ships away from the rocks, but one stormy night disaster strikes. The lantern is not lit, a ship is wrecked, and someone must pay.

To work off her debt, Lampie is banished to the Admiral's lonely house, where a monster is rumored to live. The terrors inside the house aren't quite what she thought they would be--they are even stranger. After Lampie saves the life of the neglected, deformed son of the admiral, a boy she calls Fish, they form a close bond. Soon they are pulled into a fairytale adventure swimming with mermaids, pirates, and misfits. Lampie will discover the courage to fight for friendship, knowledge, and the freedom to be different.
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