Josephine knows that Mariss isn’t what she seems…she might not be human! But who’s going to believe her? Can Josephine convince her friends to help her and use her cricket skills to save Daddy from Mariss’s clutches before it’s too late?Īs soon as you start reading Josephine Against the Sea by Shakirah Bourne, you’ll get a very clear picture of not only the environment you’re in, but also that the lead character is someone you’re going to be rooting for despite her initial mischievousness. Josephine knows there’s something fishy about Mariss–she sings in a strange language, eats weird food, and seems to exert mysterious control over everyone she meets. And unlike the other girlfriends, she doesn’t scare easily. The next day, Daddy brings home a new catch, a beautiful woman named Mariss. She’ll get to play her favorite sport AND make sure her fisherman daddy is too busy attending her matches to date.īut when tryouts go badly, the frustrated Josephine cuts into a powerful silk cotton tree and accidentally summons a bigger problem into her life. That’s why she’s desperate to make it onto her school’s cricket team. Meet Josephine, the most loveable mischief-maker in Barbados, in a magical, heartfelt adventure inspired by Caribbean mythology.Įleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy.
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