Donna G. Driver

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.