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The Merman

Dick King-Smith

1997102 pagesabout 2 hours
1997
first published
  • 1997Viking · 103 pages · ENGISBN 9780670871322
  • 1998Puffin · 106 pages · ENGISBN 9780140383089
  • 1999Crown Publishers · 102 pages · ENGISBN 9780517800300
  • 2001Dell Yearling · 102 pages · ENGISBN 9780440417187
  • 2001Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · 102 pages · ENGISBN 9780606213288
  • 2001Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613365116

While on vacation in Scotland on her tenth birthday, Zeta meets a wise, kindly old merman who teaches her not only to swim, but also many, many more fascinating things.

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Written forMiddle grade

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