Keeper

New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010. I6 - A 2th printing hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Illustrations by August Hall. Blue moon, magic moon... good for wishing. Kathi Appelt follows up to her New York Times bestseller, The Underneath, with a tale that iwll pull right at your very core - stronger than moon currents - capturing the crash and echo of the waves and the dark magic of the ocean. 7.5"x5.5", 399 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. To ten-year-old Keeper the moon is her chance to fix all that has gone wrong ... and so much has gone wrong. But she knows who can make things right again: Maggie Marie, her mermaid mother, who swam away when Keeper was just three. A blue moon calls the mermaids to gather at the sandbar, and that's exactly where Keeper is headed - in a small boat. In the middle of the night, with only her dog, BD (Best Dog), and seagull named Captain. When the riptide pulls at the boat, tugging her away from the shore and deep into the rough waters of the Gulf of Mexico, panic sets in and the fairy tales that lured her out there go tumbling into the waves. Maybe the blue moon won't sparkle with mermaids and maybe - Oh, no ... "Maybe" is just too difficult to bear.. Signed by Author. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.