Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake

To make it worse, she has a daughter Hazel's age, Lemon, who can't stop rambling on and on about the Rose Maid, a local myth a hundred and fifty years old about how a local girl was so heartbroken she turned into a mermaid. And when Mama runs into an old childhood friend Claire, suddenly Hazel's tight-knit world is infiltrated. They travel from town to town, never settling anywhere for more than a few months or so.īut when the family comes to the town of Rose Harbor, Maine, a small fog-draped beach town full of roses and rocks, Hazel senses a wildness to it that feels like magic.

So for the last two years, the Bly girls have lived all over the country. After Mum's death, Hazel, her other mother, Mama, and her little sister Peach needed a fresh start. But when a kayaking trip goes horribly wrong, Mum is suddenly gone forever and Hazel is left with a jagged scar on her face. Hazel Bly used to have the perfect family. To make it worse, she has a daughter Hazel's age, Lemon, who can't stop rambling on and on about the Rose Maid, a local 150-year-old mermaid myth.For fans of Rebecca Stead and Ali Benjamin comes a poignant yet hopeful novel about grief from Ashley Herring Blake, the award-winning author of Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World-now in paperback!

But when Mama runs into an old childhood friend-Claire-suddenly Hazel's tight-knit world is infiltrated. When the family arrives in Rose Harbor, Maine, there's a wildness to the small town that feels like magic. So for the last two years, the Bly girls have lived all over the country, never settling anywhere for more than a few months.

After Mum's death, Hazel, her other mother, Mama, and her little sister, Peach, needed a fresh start.

But when a kayaking trip goes horribly wrong, Mum is suddenly gone forever and Hazel is left with crippling anxiety and a jagged scar on her face. Hazel Bly used to live in the perfect house with the perfect family in sunny California. For fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Ali Benjamin comes a poignant yet hopeful novel about a girl navigating grief, trauma, and friendship, from Ashley Herring Blake, the award-winning author of Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World.

Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake