The Song in the Squall
()
About this ebook
Dya is a girl from the deepest end of the ocean. Though likely nearing one hundred years old, she nonetheless looks to be—and for all intents and purposes is—a sixteen-year-old girl.
Once, while very young, Dya ventured too close to land and found herself on a pebble beach off the coast of Maine where she came face to face with another young girl named Mary Louise. Though from completely different worlds, Dya and Mary Louise became very close (and secret) friends. Dya returned often over the years to visit Mary Louise, each time spending more and more time on land, and wanting less and less to return to her home in the deep. However, it was starting to become clear to Dya that she could not keep splitting her time between the two worlds, as it was literally, physically, tearing her apart. Soon she would have to decide—will she give up the sea once and for all and live out the reminder of her now shortened life in a world in which she’ll never truly belong...or will she remain in the deep and pine forever for the life she truly wanted?
Back home beneath the sea, Dya is torn about what to do. For as much as she loves and misses her friend on land, and has fallen madly in love with the land itself, she’s afraid to leave the ocean world. This is not only because it is all she has ever known, but because her people are feral and aggressive folk by nature (particularly the men), besides being ferociously secretive and isolationist. They will not take kindly to having one of their own abandon the deep for the land, and there may very well be brutal and devastating consequences. The world of her people is an ancient culture, largely unchanged for thousands of years. And like any young immigrant caught between the modern world and that of her people, she fears what could happen if these very different worlds were to collide.
Finally she decides to make the commitment once and for all, come what may. And with that, she makes the journey upward, and casts her fate to the whims of the coastal winds...
Praise for THE SONG IN THE SQUALL:
“The Song in the Squall is a unique and musically-charged tale of wanderlust, growing pains, and bonds that run deeper than the sea.” —Jessica McHugh, author of Rabbits in the Garden and the Darla Decker Series
“Great young adult literature often explores the power of friendship. Add a component of magic, and the quest to find out what is really important in life, and you have the basic elements of a great story. Add a sharp, focused writing style and you have Nathan Singer's The Song in the Squall. Original and compelling—do not miss it!” —Carolyn Haines, USA Today bestselling author of the Sarah Booth Delaney and Pluto’s Snitch mystery series.
“Nathan Singer’s The Song in the Squall is a glorious book, redolent with the taste of the salt sea and the sharp odor of an approaching thunderstorm. Dya is a young girl making the difficult transition from the depths of the sea to the land, finding friendship as well as conflict along the way. Dya, Molly, Malik, Mary Louise, and the other characters are drawn with emotion and an unflinching honesty that grips the reader’s heart and refuses to release it until the final, bittersweet conclusion. Open this book and follow the shimmering footsteps in the sands. You won’t regret the journey!” —Stephen Leigh, author of Crow of Connemara and A Fading Sun
Nathan Singer
Nathan Singer is a novelist, playwright, composer, and experimental performing artist. He is also the lead vocalist and guitarist for award-winning band The Whiskey Shambles. His published novels are the controversial and critically acclaimed A Prayer for Dawn, Chasing the Wolf, In the Light of You, The Song in the Squall, Transorbital, and Blackchurch Furnace. He currently lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is working on a multitude of new projects.
Read more from Nathan Singer
A Prayer For Dawn Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChasing the Wolf Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In the Light of You Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blackchurch Furnace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTransorbital Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Song in the Squall
Related ebooks
The Venetian Vase: A Short Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNine 9 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Paper Boats Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Romance Reader: Short Stories From New Voices: Speculative Fiction Parable Anthology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPurple Melody Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Nothing: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Stone Road Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEvernight: The Shifter Chronicles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSeeing Forever Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tale of Lucia Grandi, the Early Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rainbows for Marina Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDreams Both Real and Strange Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Walk In the Clouds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharles: A Novel Inspired by True Events Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnbound: A Siren's Quest for Freedom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIncubus Succubus Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI See Myself in Your Eyes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Gift To You Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSomewhere in the Middle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Wizard of Eneri Clare Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shakesbear Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLongshot Island: Fallen Leaves Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHagalaz (Book VI of the Winter Fire Series) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mountain Pass: A Zimbell House Anthology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBreathe Deep: Crusin' Around Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost In Time: Mirage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecrets of Chalice Bay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Orphan Creed Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
YA Fantasy For You
Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Giver: A Newbery Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Caraval Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hobbit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Six of Crows Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shatter Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shadow and Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Once Upon a Broken Heart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ruin and Rising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Queen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Legendary: A Caraval Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Wizard of Earthsea Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5These Violent Delights Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Legendborn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heartless Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Winter's Promise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dance of Thieves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shadows Between Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rule of Wolves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unravel Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Soul as Cold as Frost: The Winter Souls Series, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finale: A Caraval Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Powerless Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Children of Blood and Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sabriel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ignite Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bloodmarked Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Foul Lady Fortune Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Song in the Squall
0 ratings0 reviews