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Gr 3-5 King-Smith is a master storyteller with a lively sense of humor. Unfortunately, he employs a heavy hand here, and the book misses the mark. Zeta is vacationing with her parents in the northernmost part of Scotland. She's lonely and bored until she meets Marinus, a merman. He lectures her on astronomy and leads her by the hand into deep water where suddenly she can swim. Anything that he teaches her, she will never forget. At summer's end they say go...Log In or Sign Up to Read More