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Read-Alikes for
Mermaid Summer
by Mollie Hunter
Scene Stealers, our book discussion group for students in
grades 4 & 5, read and discussed Mermaid Summer. If you liked this book,
you may also like reading other age-appropriate books by this author:
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| Kelpie's Pearl
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by Mollie Hunter
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J HUN
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An old woman of the Scottish Highlands makes friends with a kelpie, sees the Loch Ness monster, and practices some of her grandmother's witchcraft.
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| The Wicked One
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by Mollie Hunter
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J HUN
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Incessantly tormented by the Grolican, a creature of the Otherworld, Colin Grant and his family flee to America from their native Scottish Highlands.
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| A Furl of Fairy Wind
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by Mollie Hunter
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J HUN
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Four stories conjuring up a world of fairies and changelings, spells and enchantments, mischief and dreams of gold.
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| A Stranger Came Ashore
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by Mollie Hunter
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J HUN
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Twelve-year-old Robbie becomes convinced that the stranger befriended by his family is one of the Selkie Folk and tries to get help against his magical powers from the local wizard.
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| The Haunted Mountain
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by Mollie Hunter
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J HUN
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After angering the fairy creatures of the Highlands, a Scotsmans stubborn nature results in 13 years of their terrible revenge against him.
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MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY:
Of mermaids and magic. |
| The Mermaid's Three Wisdoms
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by Jane Yolen
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J YOL
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A mermaid who cannot speak is banished from her undersea home and sent to live on land as a human where she is found by a 12-year-old girl with a hearing impairment.
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| The Islander
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by Cynthia Rylant
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JH RYL
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Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, 10-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid whose identity he tries to learn.
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| Clementina
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by Eileen Dunlop
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JH DUN
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Daisy feels that her vacation in Scotland is being ruined by her forced companionship with the strange girl Clementina, until mysterious events link her to another Clementina two centuries ago.
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| Mermaid Tales From Around the World
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retold by Mary Pope Osborne
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J 398.21 OSB
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A collection of 12 mermaid tales from around the world, featuring such sources as France, Greece, and North Africa.
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| A Book of Mermaids
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by Ruth Manning-Sanders
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J 398.2 M
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Sixteen tales of sea maids and mermen from the folklore of many coastal countries. Includes a story from Wales about a mermaid who walked on water and a story from France about a mermaid without a tail.
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| Sea-Spell and Moor-Magic
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by Sorche Nic Leodhas
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J 398.209411 NIC
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| Presents Scottish folk tales from ten different islands of the remote and fabulous Western Isles.
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This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library,
July 1998.
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