Sukey and the Mermaid - Brossura

San Souci, Robert D.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 068980718X ISBN 13: 9780689807183

Casa editrice: Aladdin, 1996

Riassunto

Sukey's new step-pa is a mean, bossy man. Every day Sukey wakes at dawn to work in the garden. All her step-pa ever does is watch her and yell if she so much as stops to fan herself. Sukey's ma calls him Mister Jones. Sukey prefers the name "Mister Hard-Times."
Son one day, Sukey runs away to her secret place by the ocean. There, she calls up 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 it's also without people. Is it really better than the world above?

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L'autore:

ROBERT D. SAN SOUCI is the critically acclaimed author of many popular books for young people. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Product Description:

"In a romantic folktale drawn from various African-American traditions, a beautiful brown-skinned, black-eyed mermaid saves a poor, unhappy girl. Sukey's step-pa's a bossy do-nothing man who drinks and works her too hard. When she cries for help, a mermaid hears her and takes her below the sea to a gentle place without time or pain. But Sukey longs to return to the world".--Booklist. Full color.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Aladdin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 068980718X
• ISBN 13: 9780689807183
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 32
• Disegnatore: Pinkney J. Brian