She needs to get back to saltwater, but instead she falls in love with Raymond, and the girls contrive to give her one evening with him before they have to take her back to sea. In the old murky pool where Hailey learned to swim, they find a mermaid named Aquamarine, blue and opalescent and surly as heck. They spend their days at the decrepit Capri Beach Club, which has fallen on hard times and has only Raymond, the snack shop clerk, to keep them in lemonade.
But now Claire is moving from next door to Florida, and the girls have only the summer together. Twelve-year-olds Hailey and Claire have been best friends since they were born. “Hoffman creates an apt metaphor for that twilight time between childhood and adolescence when magic still seems possible and friendships run deep and true.A gossamer fable written by an adult author who illustrates some of the pitfalls awaiting those unused to writing for young people. “This spare, haunting novella… is a lovely introduction to the author’s storytelling genius and matter-of-fact lyrical style.” Master storyteller Alice Hoffman had written a tale of true enchantment, a luminous lesson on how to say good-bye and how to hold on to those we love. On the edge of growing up, Hailey and Claire learn that life can take an unpredictable course, that friendship can be forever, and that magic can be found in unexpected places.
Now, as this mythological but very real being starts to fade in the hot August sun, a rescue begins
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 family to search for true love on land. 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. Buy the Book: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, IndieBound, Books-A-Million, Hudson Booksellers, Powell's, Target
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