Characters are engaging, and the narrative will hook young bibliophiles to the end. Ophidia’s backstory is equally intriguing. Kela’s heartbreak rings true as she struggles to navigate healing over her mother’s loss. Kela makes the wish for her mother’s return, but would never have guessed the terrifying consequences. Of course, the devastated Kela desires nothing else in the world but having her mom back. Through alternating narrators, readers learn that the treasure Kela discovered is a magical comb belonging to Ophidia, who is enraged that someone has taken her comb but is bound under strict magical law to grant a wish to the person who returns the item to her. Kela feels drawn to an odd object on the coral reef and barely manages to grab the strange item to place in her bag before the tide washes everything away. The girls used to be inseparable, but Kela has refused to open up to her close friend after her mother’s death. Rita one day, Kela grudgingly lets Lissy tag along. When Kela and her friend Lissy stumble across an ancient-looking comb in a coral cave, Kela brings it home as her very own treasure. Set in the Caribbean and rich with culture and folklore, the book is a journey of recovery and resilience. While visiting the local coral reef in St. A Comb of Wishes is one of the most creative and captivatin g books I’ve read in a while. Her father has been drowning in his grief, and she feels emotionally frozen in place. Kela is still reeling from the abrupt loss of her mother in a car accident. Gr 5-8–Readers will be invested in the twisted tale of Black middle schooler Kela and Ophidia, an aging, vindictive mermaid.
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