Quotes from Wendy Orr

Nim loved the ocean because it was always there, wherever she looked and as far as she could see, but it was too huge and powerful to understand and too dangerous to

She felt like a tiger in a cage, trying to burst free.

than she didn't want to spend the day with the twins. And maybe, just maybe, they'd be different after spending a night on the island. Maybe they'd wake up realising what a special place it was, and how

FIFTEEN MINUTES later

her ankles, because they all knew that Fred needed to see Nim to make him as brave and strong as he could be.

She didn't know how she was going to save Selkie, or where they were going to end up, or how they were going