![]() ![]() She also shares Caribbean folktales about a variety of beings and creatures. The author’s own Bajan heritage is reflected throughout the book in the lilt of the dialogue. As strange things start to happen around Mariss, Josephine realizes that she be very different from everyone else and may not even be human!įull of Caribbean magic, this novel starts out as a story about the loss of a mother and steadily turns into a fantasy about a sea monster who is both kind and vengeful. But Mariss isn’t like the other women and doesn’t scare off easily. ![]() ![]() ![]() After being disappointed about the team, Josephine also finds that her father has a new girlfriend. Josephine also loves to play cricket herself, but at her school only boys play. When one of her pranks goes wrong though, she is forced to use the money she’d been saving to take him to a real match in person to pay for the damages. Her father used to love watching cricket matches with her on the weekends, and she is desperate to get him back to doing that again. So she manages to chase off any woman looking to be his new girlfriend, using pranks and fish guts. Josephine Against the Sea by Shakirah Bourne (9781338642087)Īfter her mother’s death, Josephine knows that she wants to keep her Daddy’s attention on her. Cover image for Josephine Against the Sea. ![]()
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