by Alice Hoffman
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.
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