What the Sea Wants — Tracy E. Banghart

The windswept, rocky shores of Maine are inhabited by a people as rugged and individual as the coast. Tree-lined, fog-shrouded coves guard ancient mysteries. And in a small coastal town, a young girl named Victoria Winslow has a strange, unyielding attraction to the sea. On the last day of summer, Victoria will discover the truth about the sea's awful power and neither her life nor the lives of those around her will ever be the same... With lyrical writing and graceful illustrations, this eerie story plays out in a world where the ocean is as living and breathing a thing as any human.