Jerika: The Sea Princess
Orlino C. Baldonado, Estrella C. Baldonado, Leolyn B. Mayegayeg
Paperback
(ecEmedia A Division of the EC Corporation, April 26, 2019)
Jerika dreamed of being a princess, but since she was from a poor family living by the sea, she knew she would never be one. She often sat alone on a rock offshore, where she observed the increasing pollution of the ocean by plastics and other debris. One day, she met the merfolk Clyfford. A merfolk has two fish tails instead of two legs. They became friends, and they shared a common concern for the ocean environment. The merfolks have a magical coral flower that allows them to become human beings. They fell in love with each other and had to decide as to who they would be - as a merfolk or a human being.Read their love story and their choices that led Jerika to become a real Princess of the Sea.