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

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
770L Lexile
Grades 4-7.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.0 8 8 137052
Awards Note:
School Library Journal Best Books, 2010.
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2010.
Subject: Sailing > Juvenile fiction.
Sea stories.
Mermaids > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Gulf States > Juvenile fiction.
Mother-separated girls > Juvenile fiction.
Determination in girls > Juvenile fiction.
Determination (Personal quality) > Juvenile fiction.
Dogs > Juvenile fiction.
Ten-year-old girls > Juvenile fiction.
Girls > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Sea stories.
Action and adventure fiction.

Available copies

  • 17 of 17 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Altoona Area Public Library JF APPP 1 (Text) 33240004252642 Juvenile Fiction Available -
DuBois Public Library YA FIC APPELT (Text) 30041001023058 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Ellwood City Area Public Library JF Appelt (Text) 32102000671020 ECAM Junior Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library J FIC APPELT (Text) 36446001724778 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Kids APP Fiction (Text) 34007001713325 Childrens Area Available -
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library JF App 2010 (Text)
Donated: Rodgers, Cathy, presented by...
10HOL00000083V Juvenile Fiction Available -
Huntingdon County Library JF APP (Text) 30298100078603 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Juniata County Library J F APP (Text) 39640100316999 JUNM Juvenile Fiction Available -
Muhlenberg Community Library J APP (Text) 33249018347918 Children's Fiction Available -
North Wales Area Library J Appelt (Text) 35410000376954 NWAL Juvenile Fiction Available -


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