Sukey and the Mermaid
with audio recording
Kids, People and Places, Fiction, USA, Teen, General Fiction, Fiction - YA
| Author: | Robert D. San Souci | ISBN: | 9781481409902 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | Publication: | October 29, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert D. San Souci |
| ISBN: | 9781481409902 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Publication: | October 29, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Language: | English |
Storyteller say,
This happened oncet upon a time,
on a little island off the coast
of South Carolina.
A girl named Sukey lived with her ma and new step-pa. Sukey called her step-pa "Mister Hard-Times." Every day, while he watched, she hoed the weeds in the garden and every day, she sang:
Mister Hard-Times,
Since you come
My ma don't like me,
My work never done.
But one morning, when her step-pa wasn't looking, Sukey ran away to her secret hiding place by the sea and unwittingly called up Mama Jo, a beautiful black mermaid. The adventures that followed changed her life forever.
In this dream-woven story, artfully retold by Robert D. San Souci from an American folktale, a poor girl finds her wishes answered not by treasure, or the sea's magic, but by goodness and love.
Storyteller say,
This happened oncet upon a time,
on a little island off the coast
of South Carolina.
A girl named Sukey lived with her ma and new step-pa. Sukey called her step-pa "Mister Hard-Times." Every day, while he watched, she hoed the weeds in the garden and every day, she sang:
Mister Hard-Times,
Since you come
My ma don't like me,
My work never done.
But one morning, when her step-pa wasn't looking, Sukey ran away to her secret hiding place by the sea and unwittingly called up Mama Jo, a beautiful black mermaid. The adventures that followed changed her life forever.
In this dream-woven story, artfully retold by Robert D. San Souci from an American folktale, a poor girl finds her wishes answered not by treasure, or the sea's magic, but by goodness and love.
