The Pearl Whisperer

Magical treasures and terrible dangers in a beautiful underwater world… The Pearl Whisperer is the first book in the captivating four-part series Song of the Eye Stone. Set in a skilfully constructed fantastical world, it is an epic saga of friendship, longing and the things that truly matter in life. It is published with Book 2 The Bird Master. Pearls are the most precious commodity in the Queendom, and Miranda is the most skilled pearl fisher of all, even with only one arm. But she has her eyes on a greater treasure: the famous eye gemstone. Legend has it that whoever finds the eye gemstone will never want for anything again. But how is Miranda supposed to find it when Syrsa, a chatty little girl with no diving experience, insists on tagging along? It soon becomes clear that they are not the only ones on the hunt for the eye gemstone. Iberis, the white-haired woman with the burning eyes, is right behind them. Who finds it first will depend on the mythical pearl whisperer, someone with the magical ability to hear the pearl’s song… The Pearl Whisperer won the Runeberg Junior Prize 2018 and was nominated for the Nordic Council’s Children and Youth Literature Prize 2018. AUTHOR: Karin Erlandsson(1978) is one of the most successful and most acclaimed children’s author in the Swedish language. She lives in the Swedish enclave of Finland and has won many literary prizes. Dedalus will publish all four of the Song of the Eye Stone books translated by Annie Prime during 2022 and 2023.