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      Sukey and the Mermaid

      by Robert D. San Souci
      Published
      Jun 1996
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      32
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      A mermaid offers a young girl a magical escape in this lushly told and luminously illustrated Coretta Scott King Honor–winning picture book.

      Sukey's new step-pa is a mean, bossy man she calls "Mister Hard-Times." He makes her work in his garden all day and Sukey's ma doesn't seem to care. One day, when her step-pa isn't looking, Sukey takes her chance to run away to her secret hiding place by the sea.

      There, she meets 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 there are also no people. Is it really better than the world above?

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      General Fiction

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      African-American

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Picture Books

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