num_pages: 34
description: Sukey's new step-pa is a mean bossy man. Every day Sukey wakes at dawn to work in the garden. All her step-pa ever does is watch her and yell if she so much as stops to fan herself. Sukey's ma calls him Mister Jones. Sukey prefers the name Mister Hard-Times. One day Sukey runs away to her secret place by the ocean. There she calls up Mama Jo a beautiful black mermaid. Mama Jo's got a surprise for Sukey; a magical kingdom beneath the sea without time or pain. But it's also without people. Is it really better than the world above?
language: English
title: Sukey and the Mermaid
publisher: Turtleback Books