Blue Owl welcomes yet another great author. D. G. Driver has been a published author for 20 years. She has
several critically-acclaimed nonfiction books under Donna Getzinger. Her
YA books Cry of the Sea and Passing Notes are published by Fire and Ice
Young Adult Books, and she has a sequel to Cry coming out in November.
She also has a story in the pirate anthology A Tall Ship, A Star, and
Plunder. She lives near Nashville, TN with her family.
Cry of the Sea
Juniper
Sawfeather is choosing which college to attend after graduation from
West Olympia High School next year. She wants to go to San Diego to be
far away from her environmental activist parents. They expect her to
think the way they do, but having to be constantly fighting causes makes
it difficult to be an average 17 year old high school student. Why do
her parents have to be so out there?
Everything
changes when she and her father rush to the beach after a reported oil
spill. As they document the damage, June discovers three humans washed
up on the beach, struggling to breathe through the oil coating their
skin. At first she thinks they must be surfers, but as she gets closer,
she realizes these aren't human at all. They're mermaids!Now begins a
complex story of intrigue, conspiracy and manipulation as June, her
parents, a marine biologist and his handsome young intern, her best
friend, the popular clique at school and the oil company fight over the
fate of the mermaids.
Read more about Donna, her work and Cry of the Sea on her dedicated author page.