Kira's Secret

What would you do if you found out you were a mermaid? This middle-grade novel is the story of a young girl who lives on Canada's Atlantic Coast.

Despite her adoptive parents' attempts to keep her from the sea, Kira discovers she is a mermaid. When she's twelve, she decides to go back to the sea to find her real parents--or at least learn what happened to them. Dawydiak, whose adult novel "House of Bears" garnered positive reviews, is making her first foray into writing for this age group.