Can I read Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea on EtoBox?

Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea by David Almond, Beatrice Alemagna is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Annie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea about?

A solitary girl with a kinship for the sea makes a wondrous discovery in a tale of identity and belonging from master storyteller David Almond. Annie Lumsden has hair that drifts like seaweed, eyes that shine like rock pools, and thoughts that dart and dance like minnows. She lives with her artist mother by the sea, where she feels utterly at home, and has long felt apart from the other girls at school. Words and numbers on the page don't make sense to her, and strange maladies have been springing up that the doctors can't explain. Annie's mother says that all things can be turned into tales, and often she tells her daughter stories about the rocks she paints like faces, or the smoke that wafts from chimneys, or who Annie's dad is. But one day Annie asks her mother for a different tale, something with better truth in it—and on that same day a stranger in town, drawn to the sight of a girl who seems akin to the sea, helps Annie understand how special she is. Featuring Beatrice Alemagna's expressive illustrations, this enchanting coming-of-age tale by the award-winning David Almond borrows from lore and flirts at the edges of mystery.

Author

David Almond, Beatrice Alemagna

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781536218527

Updated

2026-03-24