Book: Song of the Oceanides by JG Zymbalist

categories: Book, Young Adult, Fantasy, Steampunk, Science Fiction, Bullying, Paranormal Romance, Love Story, American History, Magical Realism, Historical Fantasy, Unrequited Love, Coming of Age

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about this book: Song of the Oceanides is a coming-of-age tale about artists, daydreamers, Martians, and Martian hummingbird moths. In a spare but poignant way, the story explores issues of young love, bullying, and intolerance. For anyone from middle-grade readers to young adults to senior citizens.

The story begins in turn-of-the-century New England and takes the form of a symmetrically-constructed triple narrative. One thread revolves around a Martian girl, Emmylou, stranded in Blue Hill, Maine where she is relentlessly hounded by the locals as well as the Pinkerton Detective Agency's Extra-Terrestrial Enigma Service. The second thread relates the tale of a young British immigrant, Rory Slocum, living further along the coast. The final thread tells of a revolutionary comic-book artist, Giacomo Venable a.k.a Sir Pilgarlic Guthrie, whose freaky writings, Sir Pilgarlic Guthrie's Phantasy Retrospectacle, come to provide solace for both of the children.

Check out my "About the Book" exhibit at jgzymbalist.com for more details!