Description: The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen's back ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared. The townspeople say her mother was a merrow and has returned to the ocean. Neen, caught in her hazy new in-between self-not a child, but not quite grown up-can't help but wonder if the villagers are right. But if her mother was a merrow, then what does that make Neen?
Brief description: Ananda Braxton-Smith is a journalist and children's writer who is passionate about communicating history to young people in new and innovative ways. She was a nominee for the Aurealis Award for Best YA Novel in 2010 (Merrow) and 2011 (Secrets of Carrick: Tantony), and a finalist in 2012 (Tantony). Merrow is her first book with Candlewick Press. She lives in Australia.