![]() The book is rated for readers 16+ by the publisher, but most younger readers will definitely be okay with the contents. And the sky’s lights are in cahoots, also calling – or warning? – the trio of things yet to come … Do ghosts in the water really exist? While some fish species are just disappearing, other rare groups are beaching themselves and willing themselves out of life. ![]() Something is calling all three to the sea. Something in Ruka recognizes welcoming Umi and even the more prickly Sora. ![]() Both boys are highly unusual – they were raised in the sea by dugongs and are now under the guardianship of Jim Cusack, a tattooed, world-wandering colleague of Ruka’s father. And there, once more, she finds Umi … and eventually his brother Sora (whose name means “sky”). ![]() ![]() Once back home, for lack of anything better to do, Ruka pretends to go to practice anyway to avoid any questions from her mother, but instead frequents the aquarium where her estranged father works. Frustrated, she heads to big city Tokyo where she thinks she might find the sea, and instead meets a mysterious young boy named Umi (whose name happens to mean “sea” in Japanese) who indeed can’t stay out of the water. Ruka, a star handball player, gets a little too rough and ends up kicked off the team. ![]()
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