num_pages: 105
description: Best-selling author Alice Hoffman's luminous tale of nostalgia and enchantment, for readers both young and old. 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. There in the depths is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken a mermaid named Aquamarine who has left her six sisters to search for love on land. Now, as this mythological yet very real being starts to fade in the burning August sun, a rescue is begun.On the edge of growing up, during a summer that is the hottest on record, Hailey and Claire are discovering that life can take an unpredictable course, friendship is forever, and magic can be found in the most unexpected places.
language: English
title: Aquamarine
titlecomplete: Aquamarine
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Magical Realism, Contemporary, Young Adult, Mermaids, Childrens, Romance, Fantasy, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 5531
series: Water Tales
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks