Alabaster Island

Winner of the 2021 New York Author Project contest in YA fiction, the book follows 17-year-old Marei on Alabaster Island, a remote community with strict customs and a mysterious tradition called the Binding. When she chooses to leave her paper blank, sparking a series of life-changing events, Marei encounters a mermaid and a stranded mainland boy that ignite her desire to escape her isolated world. As her secret plans unfold, she faces unexpected revelations that threaten to alter her home forever, leading her to question everything she thought she knew.