Annie Lumsden has always felt differentlike the sea is more her home than the land. With her drifting hair and shimmering eyes, she doesnt quite fit in at school, where words blur and numbers wont settle. Living with her free-spirited artist mother in a quiet coastal village, Annie is surrounded by stories: tales woven from rocks, sea mist, and forgotten memories. But when mysterious illnesses and unanswered questions begin to surface, Annie longs for something deeper than storiesa truth about who she really is.

One day, a stranger arrives, drawn to Annie as if by tide or fate, and helps her uncover a hidden part of herself that feels both impossible and inevitable. As reality blurs with myth, Annie begins to see that her difference might be her greatest gift.

Blending lyrical prose with dreamlike illustrations by Beatrice Alemagna, David Almonds Annie Lumsden, The Girl from the Sea is a haunting and gentle tale of identity, otherness, and the magic that lingers just beneath the surface of the everyday.