Song Of A Thousand Seas

Song Of A Thousand Seas
A lyrical verse novel of homecoming and friendship
by Zana Fraillon, the multi-award-winning author
of The Bone Sparrow and The Way of Dog.

All day long we can hear
that Sea howl prowling wild
inside our brains and every part of us is straining
to feel it taste it twirl it whirl it swirl it
inside our body
again.

Houdini the octopus lives in an aquarium,
but she misses her home in the wild Sea.
She doesn't like the visitors who bang on her tank.
Or the way she can't feel the sun on her skin
or the wind rippling the water.
It's a dull existence for a creature with nine brains.

Then one day she meets someone who is different
to the other visitors. Juno's busy brain buzzes
with so many questions and thoughts
that Houdini's skin tingles with wonder.

But the singing of the Sea is growing stronger
and harder to resist. Can Houdini make Juno understand
what she needs before it's too late?