First published in the United States of America by HarperCollins Publishers Inc. in 2019
Published simultaneously in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books
Published in this ebook edition in 2019
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Ebook Edition © June 2019 2018 ISBN: 9780008356088
Version: 2019-06-21
To my sister Meagan—
I miss you every day.
And to Justin—
the car chase happened. Kinda.
Come away, come away—
O’er the waters wild.
Our earth-born child
Died this day, died this day.
Come away, come away—
The tempest loud
Weaves the shroud
For him who did betray.
Come away, come away—
Beneath the wave
Lieth the grave
Of him we slay, him we slay.
—A sailor’s shanty known as “The Mermaid’s Vengeance”
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