The Brides of Rollrock Island

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David Fickling Books, Apr 4, 2013 - Juvenile Fiction - 320 pages

Rollrock is an isolated, windswept island; a wild and salty landscape where fishermen and their families must wring a living from the stormy seas. But Rollrock is also a place of eerie magic, and of powerful desire.

Down on the beach, the outcast witch of Rollrock casts her spells, and draws mysterious girls from the sea. These are girls with long, pale limbs and faces of haunting innocence - the most enchantingly beautiful creatures the fishermen of Rollrock have ever seen.

The island is envied, and many a man is lured to Rollrock with the promise of a sea wife. But the arrival of these women is the ruin of countless families - and to the despair of the men of Rollrock, magic always has its price. The brides do not belong on land. One day, the sea will claim them back.

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About the author (2013)

Margo Lanagan was born in Waratah, New South Wales, Australia in 1960. Her works include Black Juice, which won two World Fantasy Awards and a Printz Honor Award in 2006; White Time; Tender Morsels, which won a Printz Honor Award in 2009 and a World Fantasy Award for best novel in 2009; and Sea-Hearts, which won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 2010. She is also the co-author of the Zeroes series written with Scott Westerfeld and Deborah Biancotti.

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