The Sea in You by Jessi Sheron

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 very strange friendship!

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, donuts, and this strange chattering human sound called laughter. But a storm is brewing – both at sea and in Corinth’s increasingly dangerous relationship with her obsessively jealous boyfriend – and a magical bargain may be the only thing that can save her, at a tremendous cost.

A whimsical dark fantasy retelling of “The Little Mermaid,” The Sea in You upends everything you thought you knew about magical creatures of the deep, on a whirlwind journey to a whole new world you’ve only dreamed of before!

• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1638991111
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781638991113
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 +
• Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches

Published by Iron Circus Comics