“Coney Island in the summer of 1957—what time or place could be more magical? Sheila Martin has concocted a semi-mystical, very real, and beautifully illustrated tale of growing up in America's playground. A story that lives on the edge of dreams, where the water meets the sand and the sky.”
—Kevin Baker, author of The New York Times bestseller Paradise Ally, Dreamland, and Luna Park, among many other books.

“Martin, a Coney Island native herself, evocatively describes a childhood spent freely roaming boardwalks, seedy clubs, and amusement parks … The book’s illustrations … are wonderfully colorful, evocative, and slightly creepy, and they go well with Martin’s playful, gothic text … A(n) … enjoyable magical-realist novel of Brooklyn.”
—Kirkus Reviews