The Mermaid's Wrath Holztiger chafe-free seams

chafe-free seams

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book

“An enthralling tale of Black girl magic and searing social commentary ready to rattle the bones

Kids at school tell her she is different

and cutlasses

The Mermaid's Wrath Holztiger chafe-free seamsWinner of the 2025 Reedsy Discovery Editors' Choice Award. The ocean is dying, and it falls to a mermaid to save it. The Mers are barely surviving in a magical marine bubble, isolated from the rest of the world. Jelly, warrior mermaid and hardened champion of sea life, is sworn to battle against the choking, accelerating pollution. When the black pearl at Jellys throat wakes and opens her mind to terrifying premonitions, she realizes her only choice