Book description
14 Young Adult short stories from bestselling and award-winning authors make a splash in Mermaids Never Drown - the second collection in the Untold Legends series edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker - exploring mermaids like we've never seen them before!
A Vietnamese mermaid caught between two worlds.…
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1 author picked Mermaids Never Drown as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Who doesn't love a good mermaid story? I have written a few myself. Especially asexual mermaid stories. So, the first thing that drew me in was the opening tale, "Storm Song" by Rebecca Coffindaffer, about an asexual siren. I felt seen!
As the book went on, I was given all sorts of perspectives on mer-folk tales. Trans. Gay. Lesbian. Vietmanese, Polish, Filippino, Latin American and South Asian perspectives. Mermaids who become human. Humans who become mermaids. Those who transition between the two. Stories set in fantasy worlds, and stories set in our familiar world - with a twist!
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