{"id":11349,"date":"2020-06-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11349"},"modified":"2020-06-02T11:01:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:01:26","slug":"it-calls-them-all-a-song-below-water-by-bethany-c-morrow-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11349","title":{"rendered":"It calls them all – A SONG BELOW WATER, by Bethany C. Morrow (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Every Siren is a Black woman,
her magical Call irresistible,
a danger that the majority wants to contain\u2026or silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tavia and Effie share secrets and worries as the Black almost-sisters navigate high school while growing into their individual powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Portland, Effie is ‘the girl from the park’ who survived when sprites turned her playmates into stone statues years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trying to strangle the siren-voice out of herself at age 11 didn’t work, but coming here from California gave Tavia a chance to start over, away from her grandmother’s revealed Siren<\/a> legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Effie moved up the hill from her grandparents to stay with Tavia for school, a gargoyle arrived too, perching on the roof whenever the teens are home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tavia stays quiet except in choir, for her siren-voice is too powerful and compelling for everyday people to deny. But when she’s stopped for driving while Black – did the other cop hear her Call to be released?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s almost Ren Faire time, where Effie is the mermaid Euphemia, so she practices her underwater dance at the pool, missing her late mom and their shared love of Faire performing more than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does Effie’s constantly itching skin mean she’s becoming a mer for real?
Is an electronic silencing collar in Tavia’s near future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They know that attending the community protest of a young Black man’s death at the hands of police could quickly turn dangerous, especially when a celebrity who just revealed she’s a Siren arrives\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effie’s hair has a mind of its own, Tavia seeks her grandmother’s counsel through water, family secrets begin to unravel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy book birthday to this story of self-discovery and speaking to power! Request A Song Below Water<\/em> now at your local library<\/a> or buy from an independent bookstore directly<\/a> or through bookshop.org<\/a> for home delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where can you use your voice for good, right now?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: A Song Below Water \/ Bethany C. Morrow. Tor Teen, 2020. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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