- Fiction, Mermaids in fiction, Islands in fiction, Loneliness
A haunting children's story. Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, orphaned ten-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid.
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Grave, earnest, intimate and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Cynthia Rylant
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 96
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, Yearling, DK Ink
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780440415428
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“The mermaid must have known that she could trust me.”
Cynthia Rylant is an American author and librarian. She has written more than 100 children's books, including works of fiction (picture books, short stories and novels), nonfiction, and poetry. Several of her books have won awards, including her novel Missing May, which won the 1993 Newbery Medal, and A Fine White Dust which was a 1987 Newbery Honor book. Two of her books are Caldecott Honor Books. Many of Rylant's books are about her childhood in Appalachia, her pets, the joys and hardships of family life, and the feelings of loners. Many of her books are written in series. - wikipedia
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