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Violence
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No violence
Language
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Clean language
Sexual Content
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No sexual content
Substance Use
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No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
Gentle themes of identity and belonging; all handled age-appropriately
What this book is about
Twelve-year-old Emily has always been forbidden from swimming. When she finally gets in the water, she discovers why: she's half-mermaid. Kessler's charming middle-grade debut follows Emily as she discovers the undersea world, finds her mermaid father, and faces the consequences of crossing the barrier between worlds. Warm, imaginative, and full of gentle wonder.
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