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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A mermaid offers a young girl a magical escape in this lushly told and luminously illustrated Coretta Scott King Honor-winning picture book.</b> <p/>Sukey's new step-pa is a mean, bossy man she calls "Mister Hard-Times." He makes her work in his garden all day and Sukey's ma doesn't seem to care. One day, when her step-pa isn't looking, Sukey takes her chance to run away to her secret hiding place by the sea. <p/>There, she meets 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 there are also no people. Is it really better than the world above?<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Robert D. San Souci is the critically acclaimed author of many popular books for young people. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. <p/>Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous acclaimed books for children, including <i>Martin Rising</i>; <i>In Your Hands</i>;<i> On the Ball</i>;<i> The Faithful Friend</i>;<i> Duke Ellington</i>; and <i>In the Time of the Drums</i>. His many awards include two Caldecott Honors, a Coretta Scott King Illustration Award, four Coretta Scott King Illustration Honors, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Brian lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and frequent collaborator, Andrea Davis Pinkney. Visit him at BrianPinkney.net.

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