Sea Change Review

Sea Change By Aimee Friedman

16 year old Miranda has always like science over being a pretty girl, and she was about to start her dream internship at The Museum Of Natural History in New York City where she lives, but her grandmother just died and left a house on Selkie Island, Georgia to her mom, eventhough her mom and grandmother haven´t spoken for 30 years. So her mom asked her to come and help her clean out the house so it could be sold, ánd then Miranda would start her internship later. So Miranda takes the faire to the island, where she on the way gets told stories from the sailer about kraken, mermaids etc. When her and her mom arrie at the house, her mom tells her they have gotten a invitation to the Heirs party the next day. At the party she meets her moms old friends, and her back then best friend Delilah. Delilah daughter 15 year old CeeCee is all over Miranda pretty fast and gets her dragged over to her girl and guy. Miranda thinks that CeeCee and her friends are not her type, but a boy T.J seems a bit inersted in her. Instead of hanging out with them Miranda takes a walk on the beach where she meets a boy named Leo Mccloud, they have barely said hello when Míranda´s mom comes suprised that Miranda just walked away. But what Miranda can´t understand is why her mom is suddenly so good friends with everybody again, when she just yesterday could scream of the thought of being with them. The next day CeeCee shows up and her and Miranda have a day together, where at Miranda´s request they first go to the science center, where she finds out Leo works. He finds out that she likes biologi and stuff, and tells her she should come by at 6 to do a beach walk and she agrees. On the walk it is only him and her and they share their first kiss. At the same time Miranda finds a book in her grandmthers studie with tales of the mystical creatures that lives on Selkie, like mermaid/mermen and how you can discover them, like if a person last name on the island is Williams/Mcclead or if the person lives close to the water and swim at night.

That monday her mom has invited, what Miranda now know is her mom old boyfrind Mr. Illingworth, T.J dad, and T.J over for tea, where Miranda shares af kiss with T.J. Miranda can´t understand why her mom is suddenly so different toward her old frinds and why it suddenly seem like she wants to set her and T.J up. After T.J and his dad goes, Miranda wants to be by herself so she runs to the beach, where she finds Leo and they talk and take her out to eat at the Fisherman´s village, but when he tries to shows her his house, Miranda drews back and realise she doesn´t even know him. So her and Leo ends up fighting. The day it is 4 july, Mianda gets dressed up with CeeCee and her 2 friends, because by night when thre will be fireworks they will be on a boat with the 5 guys. But while on the boat Miranda finds out that T.J doesn´t really wants her for who she is and then realises that she was o fast to judge Leo. The next day she is about to find Leo to apologize, but he bets her to it, she then tells him about how her best friend and ex boyfriend 2 months ago had sex, because she wouldn´t. They get interupted by her mom and they decides to meet that evening. Miranda finds and old box with letters from a guy and a gown, and she begins to think that her grandmother had an affair before her mom was born with a local called Henry Blue Williams. Miranda know that it is crazy, but as she connect the dots it seem like Leo might be a merman, that night she almost drowns trying to prove to herself that Leo when he gets in water becomes a merman, but she ends up even more confused. The next night her mom tells her about her past, and how she knew that her father is Henry Blue Williams. Miranda then tells her about the box with the letters and the gown, that is her mothers. And finally her mom tells her that they are keeping this house.

This story was mysterious, enjoyable, sweet anf fun. But it was missing some closure, because the point of the whole story is the creature and we are left with nothing than a tale. I definently loved the whole water part of the whole story, the island and stuff. I don´t know why, but i really love water/swimming and that just made the book more interesting and drawing. I will definently make a good vacation book, when it is also one it self.
When talking about her grandmother and her mom and Miranda, i don´t know why but i kind of get a picture og the movie The Princess Diaries with Clarice, Mia and Mia´s mother and how they at first mom and daughter hated Clarice and stuff like that.
I really hope there is going to come a sequel, because the story is not even finished. The book was a lot about Selkie´s mystical creatures, but we doesn´t know yet if it is true? Or if Leo is one? Or if she herself is one?
I thought that the cover was really beautifull and you kind of get the feeling of the sea, and that they are underwater at the cover. I really hope she is going to make a sequel, because there are so many things that i think is half finished, because you don´t know if it is real or not, even the main character was confused. But the lose ends also make the book on the same time more mysterious. I also thought that we actually would find out if he was a sea-creature or not because of the discription you get of the book and all kinds of homepages.

Grade: 10