The Changeling Sea Author:Patricia McKillip When Periwinkle's father went out fishing and never returned, Peri began to hate the sea. Desperate, she hexed it, hoping it would never take over the land. After she throws the woven hexes into the ocean, a red dragon with transparent streamers rises up. Bound to it, is a chain of gold. The townspeople look at it with greed in their e... more »yes. They hire a magician to get the chain off and make them rich. After he makes the chain disappear, the gold changes to flowers. "Oops" says Lyo the magician. Meanwhile, Kir, the son of the king, is trying to get into the sea because that is where he belongs. Now that he is unchained, the dragon comes out of the water every night and becomes human. Peri is one of the few that knows the whole story, and must try to help the King, Kir, and the sea dragon.« less