Secret Of the Sirens
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780192754561 (0192754564)
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 401
Edition language: English
Series: The Companions Quartet (#1)
Connie is sent to her Aunt in a seaside town. She believes that she won't fit in but then she finds that some of the people in the town protect magical creatures. People on an oil rig are dying, it's the sirens, the society are trying to protect people from the sirens and sirens from the people....
I was utterly charmed by this very fascinating first book in a new quartet by Julia Golding. I only "discovered" Julia Golding about a year ago, but if she continues in this fashion, she'll soon become a new favourite fantasy author.What I really loved about Secret of the Sirens is that it's not as ...
Book One of the Companions Quartet. Eco-fantasy. A sometimes overtly environmental propaganda mixed with all sorts of mythic creatures and their human companions.Connie, aged 11, is a petite, black-haired girl who is essentially a loner and an outcast. Because of her uncanny connection to animals an...
2 12 stars. I read this a while ago and didn't think too much of it. Too eco-friendly for my taste.