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    Kaitlyn and the Secrets of the Sea
    Kaitlyn and the Secrets of the Sea
    Kaitlyn and the Secrets of the Sea
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    Kaitlyn and the Secrets of the Sea

    By Svetlana Kovalkova-McKenna

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    An eleven year old girl who is terribly afraid of the sea one day finds out that her destiny must take her to the very bottom of the ocean. All she has to do is play the magic flute.
    For ages 7-12. Fantasy, modern fairytale, magic and adventure with strong, smart, resourceful girl as a main character.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSvetlana Kovalkova-McKenna
    Release dateSep 10, 2009
    ISBN9781452333311
    Kaitlyn and the Secrets of the Sea
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    Svetlana Kovalkova-McKenna

    Svetlana Kovalkova–McKenna has studied Journalism and Broadcasting at Moscow State University in Russia and has a Liberal Arts Degree from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a writer, an artist and a member of Nashville Artist Guild, mother of three, and a believer in fairytales.

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      With Kaitlyn and the Secrets of the Sea, Svetlana Kovalkova-McKenna takes us on a fantastical adventure in an underwater world. Kaitlyn’s love of music, and a flute passed down through the ages, help her battle her fear in the mysterious new world she’s been plunged into. Kaitlyn encounters witches, mermaids, magic, and much more during her journey to find her destiny.This is a story that can be enjoyed by everyone; young and old, girl and boy. Svetlana is a talented author with a gift for storytelling that should be shared with the world.

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    Kaitlyn and the Secrets of the Sea - Svetlana Kovalkova-McKenna

    Kaitlyn and the Secrets of the Sea

    Svetlana Kovalkova-McKenna

    Kaitlyn and the Secrets of the Sea

    Smashwords Edition

    Copyright © 2009 by Svetlana Kovalkova-McKenna

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the author.

    To my children

    Introduction

    An eleven year old girl who is terribly afraid of the sea one day finds out that her destiny must take her to the very bottom of the ocean. All she has to do is play the magic flute.

    Table of Contents

    Amazing Gift

    Unexpected Complications

    Under the Sea

    The Mermaid

    The Witch

    Transfer of Power

    Amazing Gift

    Kaitlyn was eleven years old, and she could not swim. In real life, that is. But she could swim in her dreams, dive deep into the sea and cut through the sunlit body of green water like an arrow. And she would know all about the arrows; her father taught her archery since she was five, up until he and her mom disappeared on their boat two years ago.

    But no one, not even her rock-climbing, sea-diving grandmother, could persuade Kaitlyn to learn how to swim. The farthest Kaitlyn had gone into the sea water was up to her ankles. Now, in her dreams, she soared above the ocean floor like a mermaid until cold invisible tentacles would suddenly wrap around her feet and drag her mercilessly to the bottom of the ocean into the darkness so complete and devoid of life, Kaitlyn woke up scared every time the dream occurred, once a month, sometimes more often.

    Unable to go back to sleep, Kaitlyn would often climb out of the skylight window onto the roof garden and watch the stars and the sea while rocking in an old hammock. Their house was designed and built by her mom on the edge of the picturesque low cliff overlooking the ocean before Kaitlyn was born. The roof garden was planted by her father. Kaitlyn would watch the waves from it, unshaken in her belief that there was something in the water out to get her.

    It was the first week of June, and Kaitlyn was enjoying a well deserved break from school. She won the local junior archery competition the fourth year in a row and got laughed at during the beach party later for refusing to get her feet wet. Both of her best friends left on a cruise ship with their families and would not be back for weeks. Her grandmother Leanne gently suggested again that Kaitlyn see a counselor in town about her fear of water and what might be causing it. For the hundredth time, Kaitlyn stoically refused, and they settled to make dinner while waiting for the taxi to bring Kaitlyn’s paternal grandmother Jane from the airport.

    Jane came to stay for two months every summer after teaching classes in marine biology at Cornell University. Every year upon her arrival, the three of them would have a cordial dinner together, and the next day maternal grandma Leanne would leave to teach sea diving on a cruise ship for two months. When she came back, Jane would depart for her job at the university and not come back until the first week in June of another year. Grandmothers disagreed on how to handle Kaitlyn’s fear of water and a few other things but made it a point to get along for their granddaughter’s sake.

    Kaitlyn was adding final touches to the dinner table on the rooftop when she heard high pitched voices and something that sounded like doors being slammed. She looked down and saw a battered taxi cab. Next to it, Leanne and Jane were having a rare loud argument with lots of hand waving. After a few more minutes of unprecedented drama, Leanne walked back into the house, grabbed her long prepared luggage, and, after kissing Kaitlyn on the cheek, announced that she was leaving for the airport a day early so she could catch up on shopping in town.

    See you in two months, dear. Have a nice time. Your other grandmother is insane, but she loves you in her own way. Call me on my blackberry if she creeps you out with her stories. And she left, taking the same taxi that brought Jane in.

    Grandma Jane walked in and eyed a three place setting on the table. "I saw more archery trophies in the living room on my way up here. Congratulations, pumpkin, and never mind us old crones, we are just too ancient to change our ways. I am starving! Let’s start with dessert! With an extra portion to share, we might not have to eat steamed fish and seaweed

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