The Oyster Thief Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2015) Pearl Queen

Pearl Queen

This is a love story with a difference

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In a time of walls and lockdown Smith opens the door

and swiftly rises through the pirate ranks

The Oyster Thief Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2015) Pearl QueenCoralline is a shy mermaid in the Atlantic Ocean whose idyllic life is ruined by an oil spill that gravely sickens her little brother. Desperate to save him, she embarks on a quest to find a legendary elixir. She encounters a human man, Izar, who's left his life on land behind to find a cure for his dying father. He doesnt tell her that his family runs Ocean Dominion, an enemy corporation whose ships plunder her waters daily. Fate pushes the two of