Josephine Against the Sea - by Shakirah Bourne

This is a heart-wrenching adventure with big laughs and well-earned surprises, filled with humor and vibrant, likable characters.

Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy, so she makes a habit of scaring his new girlfriends away.

When Coach Broomes announces that girls can't try out for the cricket team, Josephine cuts into a powerful silk cotton tree and accidentally summons a bigger problem into her life - a beautiful woman named Mariss who is actually a vengeful sea creature eager to take her place as her father's first love! Can Josephine convince her friends to help her and use her cricket skills to save Daddy from Mariss's clutches before it's too late? Join Josephine on this magical, heartfelt adventure inspired by Caribbean mythology.