The Selkies Daughter

Author : Linda Crotta Brennan
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 0823457672
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Selkie's Daughter written by Linda Crotta Brennan and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly imagined fantasy set in Nova Scotia where a young girl—part selkie, part human—must save her family. I am human upon dry land. I swim as selkie on the sea. Brigit knows all the old songs and legends by heart: of Neve, the daughter of the sea god; of the warrior Finn MacCool; and of people who are not quite human. But Brigit knows the truth. It’s evident in the webbing between her fingers–webbing that must be cut. She’s the daughter of a selkie. A truth she must keep secret from everyone. But someone in her village is killing young seals. Angering the king of the selkie clan, who vows revenge. A curse that will bring storm, sickness, and death. To protect those she loves, Brigit must find a way to Sule Skerrie, the land of selkies, to confront the Great Selkie and protect the young seals from harm. Like sitting by a warm fireplace, The Selkie’s Daughter is an imaginative fantasy, steeped in Celtic mythology and rich with detail. Perfect for fans of mermaids and Studio Ghibli-esque stories. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Author : Diane Carson
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814331552
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sayles Talk written by Diane Carson and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His name is synonymous with "independent film," and for more than twenty-five years, filmmaker John Sayles has tackled issues ranging from race and sexuality to the abuses of capitalism and American culture, aspiring to a type of realism that Hollywood can rarely portray. This collection offers unprecedented coverage of Sayles's craft and content, as it deploys a rich variety of critical methods to explore the full scope of his work. Together the essays afford a deeper understanding not only of the individual films-including his 1980 The Return of the Secaucus Seven (named to the National Registry) and the recent Limbo and Men with Guns-but also of Sayles's unusual place in American cinema and his influence worldwide. The focus of Sayles's films is frequently on peoples' lives, not on stories with tidy endings, and often a main goal is to alert viewers of their complicity in the problems at hand. One might assume his style to be content driven, but closer inspection reveals a mix of styles from documentary to postmodern. In this anthology, a set of international scholars addresses these and many other aspects of Sayles's filmmaking as they explore individual works. Their methodological approaches include historical and industry analysis as well as psychoanalysis and postcolonial theory, to name a few. Sayles Talk is both an in-depth and wide-ranging tribute to the "father" of independent film. In one volume, readers can find discussions of most of Sayles's films together with a comprehensive introduction to his film practice, an annotated list of existing literature on Sayles, and information on resources for further inquiry into his fiction, film, and television work. Film students as well as seasoned critics will turn to this book time and again to enrich their understanding of one of America's great cinematic innovators and his legacy.

Author : Laurie Brooks
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 037584385X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selkie Girl written by Laurie Brooks and published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When sixteen-year-old Elin Jean finds a seal pelt hidden at home and realizes that her mother is actually a selkie, she returns the pelt to her mother, only to find her life taking many unexpected turns.

Author : Paul Brandon
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1429971207
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swim the Moon written by Paul Brandon and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting tale of love, music, and magic on the stormy coast of Scotland. After the loss of his wife, Scottish fiddle player Richard Brennan moves to Australia to escape the ghosts of his former life. Six years later, he returns for his father's funeral and decides to remain in his father's desolate cottage in the north of Scotland, gathering together the threads of his former life, scratching out a living playing music. Then Richard meets Ailish, the enigmatic young woman who's ethereal singing haunts the bay by moonlight. As their relationship builds, the secrets of his family's past are brought to light, one by one, leaving them to confront a history that is both terrifying and fantastic-a legacy that may well cost Richard his soul. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Shelley Moore Thomas
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374367507
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of Selkie Bay written by Shelley Moore Thomas and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their present-day tourist trap of an Irish seaside town, famed for its supposed involvement with selkies in the past, three sisters are faced with the sudden disappearance of their mother. Crushed by the loss, their father is struggling to carry on. To make matters worse, there are rumors afloat in the village that their mother herself is a selkie who has now shed her human form and gone back to sea. As Cordie Sullivan, the oldest daughter, tries to learn more about her mother's vanishing, she must find the strength to help her family move ahead, even as she discovers an increasing number of clues that point to a hidden island off the coast—a mythical kingdom of the selkies.

Author : AnneMarie Dapp
Publisher : Satin Romance
ISBN 13 : 1955784485
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selkies of Scotland written by AnneMarie Dapp and published by Satin Romance. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antique shop owner Jade Mackenzie went from mourning her mother's death to a whirlwind of mysteries, breakneck chases, and a cult of madmen trying to kill her…all while a gorgeous fireman made himself her personal bodyguard. Life got a whole lot more interesting when Aidan MacFie turned out to be a Selkie, hybrid human and ancient shapeshifting seal. Forged in life and death circumstances, their newfound love has weathered the first storm, but an even greater danger lurks on the horizon… Through his great-grandmother's diaries, Aidan learned of the Hunters' intent to destroy their people, believing Selkie were unholy, their hybrid offspring unnatural and evil. Just before Aidan and Jade escaped the cult leader after them, he spoke of a reaping in which the Hunters would at last wipe out the Selkies during their Great Birth, a 16-year event of multiple seal shapeshifter births that would take place in Scotland soon. Putting their budding romance on hold is agony, yet Aidan and Jade head to MacFie Castle in Tobermory, where his uncle lives, to follow the Hunters' trail. Only by untangling the threads of Celtic folklore, aquatic shapeshifters, and the shocking overlap of their own families' histories can they hope to save the Selkie Folk. But will they be too late to avoid the mass extinction of Aidan's people by fanatics who will stop at nothing to purge the world of what they consider a threat to all humanity? With peril around every corner, what hope do they have of sharing a happily ever after?

Author : Sharon Dawn Selby
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460259017
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Storyteller's Daughter written by Sharon Dawn Selby and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On her seventeenth birthday, Skye MacNamara loses both her parents after their car plunges into a river. With unseemly haste, her parents are declared dead (despite the absence of bodies) and every trace that they existed is erased. Suspicious, Skye begins asking questions and soon the carefully constructed lies that held her life together fall apart. Nothing and no one is what it seems as Skye finds herself thrust into a mythical world where stories shape reality; where memories are so tangible she physically steps into them. At the heart of The Storyteller's Daughter lies the legend of the seannachie (pronounced "shawn-aw-key"), the traditional storyteller and myth-keeper of the Scottish clans. Combining realism and fantasy, readers are drawn into a world at once familiar and unsettling. Gods and mythical creatures walk in this world, brought here by Skye's mother, a seannachie who has become spellbound by a story that lets her forget a harsh reality. Skye and her two best friends set out on a quest to rescue her-even if she no longer wants to be saved....

Author : Austin Dragon
Publisher : Well-Tailored Books
ISBN 13 : 1946590061
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kingdom at Titan's End written by Austin Dragon and published by Well-Tailored Books. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom of Atlantea at Last! The Fabled Quest Chronicles concludes in Book Six of the epic fantasy adventure series! They began their odyssey in the Lands of Man. They traveled through Faë-Land Minor–the land of fairies and sprites, then across Faë-Land Major–the land of centaurs, elves, and goblins. They almost died in the Great Forest. Yet, none of those magical regions were as dangerous as the Oceans Omnis–the vast region ruled by merfolk, water fae, sirens, and sea monsters. After a year-long march, the final leg of their quest along Titan’s Trail has arrived. As Traveler suspected, King Oughtred and his dark allies await in the final chapter of the Fabled Quest Chronicles saga. Kingdom at Titan’s End is Book 6 of the Fabled Quest Chronicles epic fantasy adventure!

Author : Berlie Doherty
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN 13 : 9780440227946
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daughter of the Sea written by Berlie Doherty and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doherty weaves together ancient stories from Iceland, Scotland and Ireland for this tale of a selkie. PW's starred review praised the strong characterizations and especially the "hauntingly melodic tone evoking the rhythm of (Nordic) harbors". Ages 10-up.

Author : Todd Calgi Gallicano
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 1524713716
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Selkie of San Francisco written by Todd Calgi Gallicano and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the thrilling sequel to Guardians of the Gryphon's Claw, an epic adventure novel that "is sure to keep lovers of Rick Riordan running to the shelves," Sam London dives headlong into his second case involving a selkie, a mysterious girl, and an ominous new threat to the mythical and human worlds (School Library Journal)! Sam London didn't mean to uncover an ancient secret, but when he found out that mythical creatures are real and living in our national parks, he became the newest recruit to the Department of Mythical Wildlife. Ever since, the middle schooler has been anxiously awaiting the call for his next case . . . and it finally arrives with the brazen appearance of a selkie in San Francisco Bay. Along with Dr. Vance Vantana and the guardian Tashi, Sam pursues the selkie, who has taken a peculiar interest in fashion's newest "it" girl and social media star, Pearl Eklund. But the closer he gets, the more questions emerge about Pearl's mysterious connection to the mythical world. Is she the long-lost hope for an entire civilization or the harbinger of its doom? It's up to Sam to find out the truth, and fast. . . . The fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Praise for Guardians of the Gryphon's Claw, Book One: "A death-defying, globe-spanning adventure, packed with creatures out of folklore and myth." --Publishers Weekly "So original and exciting. This is the best fantasy-adventure novel I have read in some time." --Martin Olson, New York Times bestselling author of The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia