{"id":10976,"date":"2019-11-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10976"},"modified":"2019-11-19T07:15:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T13:15:16","slug":"sea-sirens-in-epic-underwater-battle-by-amy-chu-janet-k-lee-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10976","title":{"rendered":"SEA SIRENS in epic underwater battle! by Amy Chu & Janet K. Lee (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Surf’s up, so paddle out now.
\nGreat wave – wipe out!
\nUh-oh\u2026where are we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually Vietnamese-American middle grader Trot and her talking cat Cap’n Bill just bob to the surface when surfing<\/a>, but this time they’re flung into deeper California waters – right into a battle between sea serpents and sirens! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill’s claws end the fight quickly, and they return to the sirens’ city for a celebration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how can Trot & Bill breathe underwater?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did the serpents leave their home territory? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can Trot & Cap’n Bill return to land where Mom and Grandpa must be worrying? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This graphic novel delight is based on L. Frank Baum’s Sea Fairies<\/a><\/em> and is the first volume in the Trot & Cap’n Bill Adventure series. Watch for Sky Island<\/a><\/em> in mid-2020!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which legendary creatures from your grandparents’ bedtime stories would you like to encounter?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Sea Sirens: a Trot & Cap’n Bill Adventure \/ Amy Chu; art by Janet K. Lee; lettering by Jimmy Gownley. Viking, 2019. [author site<\/a>] [illustrator site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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