Aquamarine
by:
Alice Hoffman (author)
Best-selling author Alice Hoffman's luminous tale of nostalgia and enchantment, for readers both young and old.Hailey and Claire are spending their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There in the depths is a mysterious and...
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Best-selling author Alice Hoffman's luminous tale of nostalgia and enchantment, for readers both young and old.Hailey and Claire are spending their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There in the depths is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken heart: a mermaid named Aquamarine who has left her six sisters to search for love on land. Now, as this mythological yet very real being starts to fade in the burning August sun, a rescue is begun. On the edge of growing up, during a summer that is the hottest on record, Hailey and Claire are discovering that life can take an unpredictable course, friendship is forever, and magic can be found in the most unexpected places.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780439098649 (0439098645)
Publish date: April 1st 2002
Publisher: Scholastic Books
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Juvenile,
Romance,
Middle Grade,
Mermaids,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Magical Realism
Series: Water Tales (#1)
I'm going to give this one to the nine-year-old (she had a birthday this August) and see what she things. I tried looking at is as a long short story, but even then it didn't have enough substance for me.
I read this in sixth grade for a book report (meaning? I was a tween when I read this), and I remember liking it. It wasn't my favorite book I ever read (at that point Madeline L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" or "Holes" "The Giver" "Ender's Game"), but it wasn't the worst either (I read some books for...
I enjoy a summer beach story, and the odd mermaid. Cute book for middle-grade.