Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 978-0-545-09734-5 HC
Ages 10-13
304 pages
5 ½” x 8 ¼”
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by Sheila A. Nielson
The woman tightened her grip, her long nails biting into my skin. A mass of shimmering, golden scales and iridescent fins flashed beneath the lightning-filled sky. True panic rose up inside me. This was no mortal woman, but a mermaid! Beautiful as the distant stars, with skin the deep green color of the darkest fathoms of the ocean! I tried to twist and pull myself free of the creature’s grasp.
My skin tore beneath her nails but still she wouldn’t let go. The terrible winds rose up again and again and rogue waves pounded against me, pushing me toward the ocean. It was hopeless. The power of the sea was on her side. She would take me down into the shadowy waters and drown me just as the mermaids in stories did to sailors of the sea…
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