The Mermaid of Zennor

Lilac is miserable. Ignored by her callous parents and bullied by her peers at school, the young girl finds herself quite alone. Nobody wants to talk to her save Aislinn, her bubbly classmate, and Mrs Khoury, the schools councillor - but, even then, Lilac suspects they only do so out of pity. The only person Lilac feels able to trust is her older brother, Jesse, but she has not seen him in what seems an eternity. He moved away from their small Cornish village two months prior to attend a university in the bustling capital of the country, London. Lilac misses Jesse so intensely she can think of...