ISBN |
9781406394559 (paperback) |
Author |
Almond, David, 1951- author. |
Title |
Annie Lumsden, the girl from the sea / David Almond ; illustrated by Béatrice Alemagna. |
Edition |
Illustrated edition. |
Published |
London : Walker Books, 2023. |
Physical description |
58 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm |
General note |
"First published 2007 as "Half a creature from the sea" in Click."--Title page verso. |
Summary |
My mother says that all things can be turned to tales. I thought she meant tales like fish tails, but I was wrong. She meant tales like this, tales that are stories. But this tale of mine is very like a fish tail too... Annie has never been like the other girls. Her mam tried sending her to school when she was small, but Annie couldn't seem to make words or numbers stick. She prefers instead to be swimming in the sea, or sunbathing on the shore at Stupor Beach, her head full of tales. She should have been a fish, her mam always tells her, and Annie knows the truth of it. Then a stranger who comes to town is struck by the beauty and the wonder of her, and Annie Lumsden realises that perhaps she really is half a creature from the sea. |
Subject |
Girls -- Juvenile fiction |
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction |
Tales -- Juvenile fiction |
Beaches -- Juvenile fiction |
Seashore -- Juvenile fiction |
Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction |
Individuality -- Juvenile fiction |
Mermaids -- Juvenile fiction |
Children's stories |
Fantasy fiction |
Additional author |
Alemagna, Béatrice illustrator. |