The Girl with Gills

Thrilling, Heartfelt, And Luminous Vashti HardyA Stunning Debut Jasbinder BilanThe WorldBuilding Here Is So Seamless ItS Almost Unnoticeable School Reading Listan Original, Middle Grade Fantasy Debut Awash With Adventure. A Determined Heroine And A Sinister Villain Clash To Reveal River Lore In A Watery World Of Fantastical Creatures And Colossal Challenges.In A Time And Place Which Might Be Now, People With Gills, Outcast Larkers, Live In Secret Communities.They Have Houseboats Along The River. Concealing Their Gills From Land Lubbers, They Scour The Mudbanks, Trade Their Finds And Live Off Their Wits. ThirteenYearOld Effra Has Been Supporting Her Brother, Fleet, Alone Since Their Beloved Grandfather Died Six Months Ago.When Merciless Rivermun, A Larker Gone Bad, Threatens Fleet, EffraS Quests Begins. Rivermun Asks For The Impossible He Wants To Overpower Mother River, To Possess The River SerpentS Pearl And For AgeOld Debts To Be Settled. Effra Must Bargain With The Imposing Mother River, Dive Into The Underwater Parts Of The City, Venture Deep Into The Rat QueenS Lair And Confront The Terrible River Serpent To Save Not Only Fleet, But Everything The Larkers Stand For. Luckily, She Is Not Alone. She Befriends A Sentient Sewer Rat And A Landlubber Girl Called Bow, Who Will Help Her In Her Quest.