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Since the day her father's fishing boat returned without him, Peri and her mother have mourned his loss. Her mother sinks into a deep depression and spends her days gazing out at the sea. Unable to control her anger and sadness any longer, Peri uses the small magic she knows to hex the sea. And suddenly into her drab life come the King's sons-changelings with strange ties to the underwater kingdom-a young magician, and, finally, love.

A floor scrubber and a magician try to help a prince return to his home beneath the sea and help his half brother, a human trapped in the body of a sea monster, return to the land.

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Since the day her father's fishing boat returned without him, Peri and her mother have mourned his loss. Her mother sinks into a deep depression and spends her days gazing out at the sea. Unable to control her anger and sadness any longer, Peri uses the small magic she knows to hex the sea. And suddenly into her drab life come the King's sons-changelings with strange ties to the underwater kingdom-a young magician, and, finally, love.

A floor scrubber and a magician try to help a prince return to his home beneath the sea and help his half brother, a human trapped in the body of a sea monster, return to the land.

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The sea has taken everything away from Periwinkle; it has drowned her fisherman father and left her mother barely able to cope. So Periwinkle, a chambermaid at the inn of a small fishing village, decides to hex the sea. It works surprisingly well, disrupting the sea queen's magic. A chained sea monster appears from the depths, and the king's melancholy son, Kir, nearly drowns trying to get to the country under the sea. With the help of the magician Lyo, Periwinkle uncovers and reverses the sea queen's curse. Beautifully sustained metaphors and an even tone make this fantasy, like McKillip's The Forgotten Beasts of Eld , a pleasure to read. Further, McKillip's deft characterization and smooth, tender resolution result in a memorable, often poignant novel. Ages 10-up. (September)
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Young and innocent, Peri learns life's lessons through the disappearance of her father, her mother's sulking, and finding a new home in a mystic cottage by the sea. One day in a fit of anger, Peri curses the sea for destroying her life and complete turmoil occurs. The greedy villagers are in an uproar over a sea dragon with a gold chain, and the sea plays rotten tricks on the fishers. From this chaos, it seems that only true love can solve all of their problems. With a touch of romance, Patricia McKillip weaves an enchanting tale that will especially appeal to young ladies, ages ten to thirteen. The author captures a world that lies somewhere between reality and fantasy. She also puts a new twist on the old adage that true love conquers all. 2003 (orig. 1988), Penguin Putnam,
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Gr 6 Up An enchanting fantasy that is tinged with realism and romance, set in an ordinary, pre-industrial fishing village, with a heroine seen by herself and everyone else as even less than ordinaryan unkempt and uncared for child turning woman in spite of herself. Peri's fifteenth year has been a difficult one. First her fisherman father was lost at sea, then her mother became so haunted by the loss that she stopped caring for and communicating with Peri, and finally even the old woman whom Peri relied on for comfort disappeared. Peri spends her days scrubbing floors at the local inn and trying to hex the sea for causing her losses. When the King and his retinue come to the island, unhappy Prince Kir comes to Peri's lonely beach and begs her help in delivering his message to the sea. Strange things begin happening in the sea, including the appearance of a huge sea dragon held captive by a golden chain, and the villagers ask a magician for help. With Peri's help, he unravels the tangle of events and results that began more than 17 years ago, when the king loved a sea-woman but married a human queen. Peri's coming of age and coming to terms with herself and her surroundings are an important part of the story. Lyo, the magician, is a human sort of magician, wise but skeptical, powerful but also vulnerable. What begins with isolated and occasionally jarring events and appearances gradually enfolds the village and the story in a fog of mystery and magic that clears only when the situation is resolved via Lyo's wisdom and Peri's love. Rewarding and engaging. Susan L. Rogers, Chestnut Hill Academy, Pa.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780141312620
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 4/14/2003
  • Edition description: REISSUE
  • Pages: 144
  • Age range: 12 - 17 Years
  • Product dimensions: 4.28 (w) x 7.04 (h) x 0.41 (d)

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  • Posted April 14, 2010

    Eerily, Incandescently Magical

    Patricia McKillip has a tendency to write dangerous magic books; while there are wondrous things, there is always a dark edge to them, a feeling that not everything will turn out okay, that there is a side of pain to all the wonder. This is not to say that there are no "happily ever afters" in her books, just that there is always suspense when they come, and always an undercurrent of sadness as well.

    "The Changling Sea" is no exception to this style, which elevates it from its slim length and young adult label to an excellent book. Boiled down, it sounds like a melodramatic romance book, but is no such thing in execution. The main character, Peri--short for Periwinkle--is both practical and romantic, an angry girl who tries to hex the sea for killing her father and making her mother lose her mind. Her life becomes even more complicated when a magician, a prince, and a strange sea monster enter it.

    I read this book over ten years ago and recently made the effort to find it again, so I would certainly recommend it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 17, 2008

    One of the best fantasy books you will ever read!

    If you like stories of mermaids or selkies, this is definitely the right book for you. This is the first book I have read by Patricia Mckillip and I loved it. It is very beautifully written. Mckillip's characters have very different and unique personalities that can be related to. Everything in the book is detailed, but not so much so that some things can be left to the reader's imagination. I recommend this to anyone who loves good fantasy books.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 26, 2006

    unpredictable

    An unexpected love story in the middle of a magical, seaside setting. You won't be able to predict the ending!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 12, 2004

    A MUST !

    The Changeling Sea is a book that never left me wanting in rereading it. The sense of wonder of Peri in her findings at magic and growing up are so entwisted that even when you known what is going to happen, there is still time to be musing upon a image or stoping to gasp upon a clever turn of words, because it´s cease to be Peri´s feeling and became yours, and the reader is back to the teens and all the confusion of first love

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 14, 2004

    Not only for younger kids!

    I agree with the last reviewer, I read this book when I was 15 and loved it, though one of the editorial reviews said it would be more suitable for 10-13 year olds. I would recommend this book for any girl or young woman who enjoys fantasy stories.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 21, 2004

    How am I the only person to write a review on this great book?

    I love The Changeling Sea! It's very imaginative and wimsical. Anybody could read this. It's very fairy tale-ish and charming. This should be required reading for all 6th graders. I might be a teenager, but everyone cherishes at least one fairy tale or childhood story no matter what your age.

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