Tavia finds herself panicking, because her support for justice in Rhoda's case be used to identify her as a siren. Her world flips upside down when coverage of a news story she's been following about a Black woman killed by her boyfriend becomes complicated by the discovery that the victim may have been a siren. Instead, she's stuck in a place with only a handful of Black folk, and a smaller few who have magic, like her. She should be able to hear her in Portland, where she lives, but she can't. Tavia just wants to hear her long-lost grandmother, who, siren myths have told her, can communicate with her through a body of water. In a world populated with creatures that are only myths in ours, Tavia is a siren - a girl whose powers are supposedly so great that she can lure men to their deaths. Morrow's A Song Below Water, a young adult novel about Black sirens, is coming out next June, and you can start reading it right now. If you're excited for The Little Mermaid reboot, have I got news for you: Bethany C.
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