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| Title | : | Sea Change |
| Author | : | S.M. Wheeler |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | June 18th 2013 by Tor Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Young Adult. Fairy Tales |
S.M. Wheeler
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.48 | 419 Users | 144 Reviews
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The unhappy child of two powerful parents who despise each other, young Lilly turns to the ocean to find solace, which she finds in the form of the eloquent and intelligent sea monster Octavius, a kraken. In Octavius’s many arms, Lilly learns of friendship, loyalty, and family. When Octavius, forbidden by Lilly to harm humans, is captured by seafaring traders and sold to a circus, Lilly becomes his only hope for salvation. Desperate to find him, she strikes a bargain with a witch that carries a shocking price.Her journey to win Octavius’s freedom is difficult. The circus master wants a Coat of Illusions; the Coat tailor wants her undead husband back from a witch; the witch wants her skin back from two bandits; the bandits just want some company, but they might kill her first. Lilly's quest tests her resolve, tries her patience, and leaves her transformed in every way.
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| Original Title: | Sea Change |
| ISBN: | 0765333147 (ISBN13: 9780765333148) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://us.macmillan.com/seachange/SMWheeler |
| Literary Awards: | James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List (2013) |
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Ratings: 3.48 From 419 Users | 144 ReviewsComment On Out Of Books Sea Change
Simply amazing. A beautiful, sophisticated, captivating fairy tale. One of the best books I've read all year.Lilly befriends a kraken as a child and this strange friendship results in several grim adventures.Wow! This is a dark fairy tale, Brothers Grimm style. There are few 'fun' moments and lots of disturbingly dangerous ones. Lilly's life is a hard one that really begins with her leaving her father's home because it's so awful. It only gets worse from there. But Lilly very much learns from her experiences and becomes a stronger person that I really respected by the end. She may not always think
Lilly is a strange child, caring more about her friend the kraken than her parents, who bicker constantly. The day her mother leaves, she knows that it will soon be time for her to leave as well. Her father never wanted a daughter, especially not one who has a birthmark on her face. When he remarries, she finds herself ready to leave, to be replaced by another child. What she wasn't expecting was for her friend to go missing, Octavius the kraken seems to have vanished, so Lilly sets out on a
**I received a free copy of Sea Change from Tor in exchange for an honest review.**A fantasy bildungsroman, Sea Change follows the isolated, lonely and headstrong protagonist, Lilly, as she explores the limits of friendship. Born into a prosperous house to parents who fight as fiercely as they once loved, Lilly is a disappointment to her father because she is not the male heir for whom he hoped and the birthmark that blemishes half of her face ostracizes her from the townspeople who fear she is
Many thanks to Macmillan-Tor/Forge for the galley copy (via NetGalley)A lonely eight-year-old girl named Lilly encounters a young kraken on the shore and decides to name it Octavius. Their friendship has a negative correlation to her relationship with her parents: as she and Octavius grow closer, Lilly is distanced from her family, especially her father. Years later, when Octavius is captured and sold to a circus master, Lilly embarks on a journey to save her dearest friend, a quest that will
Sea Change is the story of Lilly, a girl with a birthmark on her face. She is the daughter of a trader who has become nobility, but the birthmark keeps her isolated as the people of the village think she is a witch. Her only friend is Octavius, a kraken. When Octavius is captured and sold to a circus, Lilly sets out to free him. What follows is a sequential quest. At each stage of her quest some other deed or article is demanded of her.I struggled with this book from the beginning. Occasional
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