I push even further than it did with Whiter presenting another book that will be released in the summer of 2011. It could only be in summer as it is a story of the sirens. Yes, its creatures, those women of the Deep, we have learned to love the mythology and fairy tales. Lost Voices (items lost) by Sarah Porter immediately captured my attention for the beautiful cover and water treated to the story. The sirens fascinate me and I never get tired of reading, as I never get tired of all that is myth and magic.
It looks like a Young Adult story that draws from the classical myth of the siren, the voice that attracts and kills the female society, and I must say that I believe has a good chance of becoming a charming book. I confess that I yearn for an Arc or at least some comment preview, but it seems that there will not be around anyone. Surely this is a matter of weeks before they are released, knowing the Anglophone publishing operation. My hope that among the publishers who are looking at what to wear in Italy there is someone who has viewed, at least to understand that "sound" and, if valid, give him a chance to be read here in Italy. I will keep you updated. I leave to the plot.
It looks like a Young Adult story that draws from the classical myth of the siren, the voice that attracts and kills the female society, and I must say that I believe has a good chance of becoming a charming book. I confess that I yearn for an Arc or at least some comment preview, but it seems that there will not be around anyone. Surely this is a matter of weeks before they are released, knowing the Anglophone publishing operation. My hope that among the publishers who are looking at what to wear in Italy there is someone who has viewed, at least to understand that "sound" and, if valid, give him a chance to be read here in Italy. I will keep you updated. I leave to the plot.
Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published July 4th 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's
Fourteen-year-old Luce has had a tough life, but she reaches the depths of despair when she is assaulted and left on the cliffs outside of a grim, gray Alaskan fishing village. She expects to die when she tumbles into the icy waves below, but instead undergoes an astonishing transformation and becomes a mermaid.
A tribe of mermaids finds Luce and welcomes her in--all of them, like her, lost girls who surrendered their humanity in the darkest moments of their lives. Luce is thrilled with her new life until she discovers the catch: the mermaids feel an uncontrollable desire to drown seafarers, using their enchanted voices to lure ships into the rocks. Luce posseses this extraordinary singing talent which makes her important to the tribe, and may even have shot at becoming their queen. But her struggle to retain her humanity puts her at odds with her new friends. Will Luce be pressured into committing mass murder?
The first book in a trilogy, Lost Voices is a captivating and wildly original tale about finding a voice, the healing power of friendship, and the strength it takes to forgive.
A tribe of mermaids finds Luce and welcomes her in--all of them, like her, lost girls who surrendered their humanity in the darkest moments of their lives. Luce is thrilled with her new life until she discovers the catch: the mermaids feel an uncontrollable desire to drown seafarers, using their enchanted voices to lure ships into the rocks. Luce posseses this extraordinary singing talent which makes her important to the tribe, and may even have shot at becoming their queen. But her struggle to retain her humanity puts her at odds with her new friends. Will Luce be pressured into committing mass murder?
The first book in a trilogy, Lost Voices is a captivating and wildly original tale about finding a voice, the healing power of friendship, and the strength it takes to forgive.
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