Waiting on Wednesday (18)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine.
Haven't done this for a couple of weeks now, so I should say this is our choice for two weeks' worth :)

MAY, Daughters of the Sea book 2 (Kathryn Lasky)

May feels her life drying up. The sea calls to her, but her parents forbid her from swimming. She longs for books, but her mother finds her passion for learning strange. She yearns for independence, but a persistent suitor, Rudd, wants to tame her spirited ways. Yet after her fifteenth birthday, the urge to break free becomes overpowering and May makes a life-changing discovery. She does not belong on land where girls are meant to be obedient. She is a mermaid-a creature of the sea.

For the first time, May learns what freedom feels like-the thrill of exploring both the vast ocean and the previously forbidden books. She even catches the eye of Hugh, an astronomy student who, unlike the townspeople, finds May anything but strange. But not everyone is pleased with May's transformation. Rudd decides that if can't have May, no one will. He knows how to destroy her happiness and goes to drastic measures to ensure that May loses everything: her freedom and the only boy she's ever loved.

To be published 1st March 2011 by Scholastic.

I love how the cover makes it known it's an entirely mermaid themed book. The sea, the way the lovers are perched on the rocks, even May's gown which in my eye is shaped like a mermaid's tail just reminds me of all those times I watched and loved The Little Mermaid! I don't think we get a singing crab here though ;)

What are you waiting for this week?