The Girl From the Sea is a 2021 fantasy romance graphic novel by Lee Knox Ostertag. It follows a young girl who enters a romantic relationship with a selkie.
Plot Morgan Kwon, a closeted teenager, awaits the day she can leave her home on Wilneff Island in Canada for college. However, after falling into the sea, she is rescued by a mysterious girl named Keltie who turns out to be a selkie. The two fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by Keltie's brashness and a cruise ship that threatens the environment of Keltie's home.
Reception The book was given starred reviews by Publishers Weekly and the School Library Journal. Publishers Weekly praised the "artistically and textually strong characters [that] are easy to root for".
Kirkus Reviews described it as "Sweet, fun, Sapphic fluff". + Awards and honorsYearAward/HonorResultRef.2022British Fantasy Award for Best Comic/Graphic NovelWonGLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel/AnthologyNominatedGreat Graphic Novels for TeensTop TenQuick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersTop TenAmerican Library Association Rainbow Book ListTop Ten2021Cybils Awards for Graphic NovelNominated
See also Other graphic novels by Lee Knox Ostertag:
The Witch Boy trilogy The Deep Dark
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