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Keeper / Kathi Appelt ; illustrations by August Hall.

Appelt, Kathi, 1954- (author.). Hall, August, (illustrator.).

Summary:

On the night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain, determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always believed, who left long ago to return to the sea.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1416950605
  • ISBN: 9781416950608
  • ISBN: 1416950613
  • ISBN: 9781416950615
  • Physical Description: 399 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Hall, August
Target Audience Note:
9-12.
770L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5 8 137052.
Lexile 770L
Subject:
Mermaids > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Sailing > Juvenile fiction.
Sea stories > Juvenile fiction.
Dogs > Juvenile fiction.
Girls > Juvenile fiction.
Girls.
Gulf States > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Sea fiction.

Available copies

  • 40 of 40 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 40 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Alexander Main Library J Appelt (Text) 34269001070284 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library J APP (Text) 50503300083773 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Barco Library J F APP (Text) 39488200817841 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Beaufort Main J F APP (Text) 34208202667142 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Black Mountain Library J APP (Text) 0020508697222 Juvenile Fiction Display Available -
Camden County Library J F APP (Text) 39488900281991 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Columbus Library J F APP (Text) 31250200053520 Juvenile Fiction Available -
East Asheville Library J APP (Text) 0020508683115 Juvenile Fiction Available -
East Bend Public Library JF APPELT (Text) 80001000900424 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Eden Library J Fic (Text) 31554009154021 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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Summary: On the night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain, determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always believed, who left long ago to return to the sea.