![]() ![]() Strong language is rare (including "s-t" and "ass"). People drink mermaid's blood and hallucinate and lose memories. A couple of characters are alcoholics with negative effects described. There are a few sensual kisses and light making out without graphic detail or mention of body parts. Violence includes slitting throats, a graphic description of waterboarding, implied rape, mention of sexual slavery, cutting off a finger as punishment, a brutal lashing, threats of poisoning, mass execution, and a gunshot to the head, often with descriptions of blood and detailed descriptions of pain. ![]() It has violence and adult themes that make it for teens, not kids. Parents need to know that Maggie Tokuda-Hall's The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea is a fantasy adventure that explores the issue of imperialism and involves a romance between a gender-fluid pirate and an imperial teen noblewoman. ![]()
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