Fifteen-year-old Hannah has always loved the sea. Always. But not until now has she been getting sick away from the sea, like she's allergic to being far from the sea! She first experiences this when a religious catholic couple adopt her and bring her to Louisiana, a state with absolutely no bodies of water except for a few small creeks. Hannah starts getting a terrible rash, and strangely enough, little sea crystals start flaking off her skin. The couple, alarmed, bring Hannah to the local doctor to see what is wrong. The doctor is also bemused and takes a few crystals with him to show a more professional doctor. Hannah does not want him to take anything, and quickly takes the crystals back without him looking, replacing it with something else.
Then, Hannah asks if she can go back to the orphanage where the sea is close and alive. The couple, seeing this poor girl suffer, immediately return her to the orphanage to be adopted by someone else who resided a little closer to the sea.
Luckily, Hannah's chance came when the Hawley's, a wealthy Boston family, brings her to their house as a maid. There, Hannah learns the difficulties of being a maid, and also gets a good taste of what it's like to be rich.
Mr. Wheeler, a painter who comes to paint the Hawley girls, senses something strange about Hannah, something that is bothering immensely. Hannah notices a touch of regret in his eyes, and maybe, just maybe. sadness.
Soon, Hannah realizes she has something special about her, which no other girl has. Unfortunately, she does not know what it is, but what she does know is this, it has to do with the sea.
To discover what occurs next, read this book! You might recognize this award winning author, Cathryn Lasky. She has wrote a numerous amount of books, including a popular children's series called The Guardians of Ga'Hool and the YA book, Hawksmaid. These are both also very amazing books, like this one. Hannah has successfully suceeded in drawing all it's readers in, and not without cause. I lobe this exquisite mix of fantasy and romance, and I'm positive you will too.
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