And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid

by Laura Kirkpatrick

Overview

For fans of Emily Windsnap and Maybe A Mermaid, And Then I Turned into a Mermaid is a funny, heartfelt coming-of-age story, perfect for 10 year old girls and any young mermaid fan!

Will Molly sink or swim as she attempts to hide her (Very Weird) new double identity?

Molly Seabrook's dull seaside life is turned upside down when she turns 13 and is let in on the family secret: she's PART-MERMAID! Molly isn't exactly thrilled. Not only does she already have to dress up as a fish to promote the family seafood restaurant, but now she actually is part fish? Growing up is hard enough without sprouting a fish tail in math class, or disguising your gills from the cute boy at the ice cream stand.

Follow Molly as she attempts to navigate the stormy seas of social awkwardness, best friend fallouts, and the World's Most Embarrassing Family.

And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid is the perfect fit if you're looking for:

• A story with realistic, strong sister dynamics
• Mermaid books for girls 4-6
• A series starter for your voracious young reader
• A story with strong female characters
• Or mermaid books for girl 6-8

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728214207
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	06/02/2020
Series:	And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid , #1
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	840L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Laura Kirkpatrick is part-mermaid, part-children's author living in northern England. Her favorite things are white chocolate, beach walks with her puppy, and hiding her tail from prying humans. In addition to her fiction, Laura is a journalist and screenwriter whose work has been featured in Buzzfeed.

Editorial Reviews

"Delightful froth with just a touch of early-adolescent angst." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2020-03-15
On her 13th birthday, Molly learns the truth about her mermaid heritage in this series opener.

Molly Seabrook and her four sisters live in a lighthouse and work in their mother’s fish-and-chip shop. Molly’s job is to dress up as a giant haddock and pass out flyers advertising the shop to people on the pier. It’s not a job that guarantees her any popularity, and Molly’s a frequent target of the pretty, blonde class bully. On the night of Molly’s birthday, her mother and older sisters drag her down to the water’s edge and let her in on the family secret. Now that she’s come of age, Molly will sprout a tale and gills whenever she gets too close to large bodies of water. But unlike her sisters, who adore being half-mermaid (their long-absent father is human), for Molly it’s just more fuel to the fire of her self-loathing. How can she ever be popular, or even just ordinary, if she becomes a big, helpless, floppy fishgirl every time she gets too near unexpected water? Molly’s adolescent miseries provide a believable note of heft in an otherwise-lighthearted tale full of fart and puke jokes. Clunky Americanization of this book first published in the U.K. in 2019 adds confusion but does not materially detract from the humorous charm. Most characters are white, and Molly’s best friend is of Chinese descent.

Delightful froth with just a touch of early-adolescent angst. (Fantasy. 9-11)

Kirkus Reviews