An Indie Bestseller!

A laugh-out-loud picture book from bestselling comics creator Kate Beaton about a brave shark girl bent on revenge after a greedy fishing captain messes with her waters - perfect for fans of We Don't Eat Our Classmates.

When Shark Girl is captured by an evil fishing captain's net, she makes a vow... for REVENGE!

With the sea witch's help, Shark Girl becomes a human sailor and launches a plan... for MUTINY!

But Shark Girl needs the help of her crew mates before she can enact her plan. Will Shark girl SINK... or SWIM?

Bestselling creator Kate Beaton has created a subversive and hilarious spin on the classic little mermaid fairytale that will inspire little readers. Sometimes standing up for what's right means you have to show your teeth!

An Indie bestseller!

Author: Kate Beaton
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 02/25/2025
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 11.15h x 8.78w x 0.37d
ISBN: 9781250184924


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/28/2024
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2025
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2025
Booklist 02/01/2025 pg. 88
School Library Journal 05/02/2025 pg. 1

About the Author
Kate Beaton is a cartoonist from Mabou, Unama'ki-Cape Breton. She is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Ducks: Two Years in the Oilsands, Hark! A Vagrant, Step Aside, Pops, and the picture books The Princess and the Pony and King Baby. She served as executive producer for Pinecone & Pony, an animated series for AppleTV+. Kate's work has won multiple Eisner, Doug Wright, Harvey and Ignatz awards in the field of comics. Ducks recently won Canada Reads 2023, and was chosen as one of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2022, and landed on best of the year lists from Time, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and the New York Times, among others.