Granted, I also read HANNAH when it first came out and no longer remember it quite as well. To me, MAY had more danger and mystery than HANNAH did. So far, I’m most interested in seeing what happens to May.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see the final book alternate points of view. Since the series is a quartet, I expect that all three books will intertwine and come to a natural conclusion during the fourth book in the series. HANNAH ends at a point that is picked up in the second book, and I’m sure that the second book will be picked up at some point during the third. Lasky has a way of ending each book without any firm resolutions. I look forward to finding out more about both girls in the third book. It’s also fun to see Hannah re-appear in the novel as the book continues forward. May also discovers her mermaid heritage much earlier, so readers embark on more of her life. MAY has a stronger thread of romance running through it than HANNAH did. In fact, many readers will want to read HANNAH after meeting her in MAY if they haven’t done so already (and others may want to re-read the book). It isn’t necessary to read the first book in order to read the second one, MAY. The first book, HANNAH, features a girl named Hannah who grew up in an orphanage and winds up as a maid living in a rich family’s home. The novels take place at the turn of the 19th century and have a historical flavor to them in regards to things such as a woman’s role during the time period. The DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA quartet by Kathryn Lasky centers around girls who grew up never knowing they were mermaids. What’s better than one mermaid? A trio of mer-sisters. He knows how to destroy her happiness and goes to drastic measures to ensure that May loses everything: her freedom and the only boy she's ever loved.

Rudd decides that if can't have May, no one will. But not everyone is pleased with May's transformation. She even catches the eye of Hugh, an astronomy student who, unlike the townspeople, finds May anything but strange. She is a mermaid-a creature of the sea.įor the first time, May learns what freedom feels like-the thrill of exploring both the vast ocean and the previously forbidden books. She does not belong on land where girls are meant to be obedient. Yet after her fifteenth birthday, the urge to break free becomes overpowering and May makes a life-changing discovery. She yearns for independence, but a persistent suitor, Rudd, wants to tame her spirited ways. She longs for books, but her mother finds her passion for learning strange. The sea calls to her, but her parents forbid her from swimming. Book 2 in Kathryn Lasky's shimmering quartet about mermaid sisters and supernatural love.

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