The Girl the Sea Gave Back -- Adrienne Young, Hardcover

From Adrienne Young, New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep, comes her new gut-wrenching epic The Girl the Sea Gave Back.

For as long as she can remember, Tova has lived among the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue. Her own home and clan are long-faded memories, but the sacred symbols and staves inked over every inch of her skin mark her as one who can cast the rune stones and see into the future. She has found a fragile place among those who fear her, but when two clans to the east bury their age-old blood feud and join together as one, her world is dangerously close to collapse.

For the first time in generations, the leaders of the Svell are divided. Should they maintain peace or go to war with the allied clans to protect their newfound power? And when their chieftain looks to Tova to cast the stones, she sets into motion a series of events that will not only change the landscape of the mainland forever but will give her something she believed she could never have again--a home.

Author: Adrienne Young
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781250168481
Age Range: 14-17

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513754 / Girl the Sea Gave Back


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 08/23/2019 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 10/14/2019

About the Author

Adrienne Young is a born and bred Texan turned California girl. She is a foodie with a deep love of history and travel and a shameless addiction to coffee. When she's not writing, you can find her on her yoga mat, scouring antique fairs for old books, sipping wine over long dinners, or disappearing into her favorite art museums. She lives with her documentary filmmaker husband and their four little wildlings beneath the West Coast sun.

Adrienne is the author of the New York Times bestseller Sky in the Deep and The Girl the Sea Gave Back.