When Sea Becomes Sky

Note from Gillian:

Davey and Bex love to spend time in the Carolina saltmarsh near their island home. On page one, they make an incredible discovery. The rest of the book is about solving a mystery ... in more ways than one.

Sometimes authors write stories that are super personal and that is this book for me! I wrote this book because it's the story I needed when I was a kid.

—Gillian

A Great Fit for:

Readers who like siblings stories
Readers who like to write (or anyone who's had writer's block)
Readers who like books with happy and sad parts
Parent/kid discussion: What would you do if you made a discovery like Bex and Davey? What does it mean to be a storyteller? Why are writers supposed to be honest?

Honors & Awards

Resources

Winner of the Southern Book Prize
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Kids Indie Next List Pick
Amazon Best Books
Amazon Editors' Pick
New York Times for Kids "Year of Books" selection
NC Humanities "Great Reads from Great Places" youth selection for the state of North Carolina

★ Booklist, starred review

★ Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review