Reviews

"Sure to keep readers spellbound."-- "School Library Journal"Mollie Hunter deftly mingles the reality of the lives of fisherman-crofters and the legends of the Selkies, the sealfolk of the Shetland Islands." (Recommended) -- "Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books""A suspense story finely laced with folklore; her storytellingis as spontaneous as it is irresistible." -- "The Horn Book""The reader feels the chilling effects of superstition." -- The St. Louis "Post-Dispatch""Hunter moves the story to its conclusion with fast-paced, gripping tension." (Starred review)-- ALA "Booklist"