Thora isn’t your normal girl-she has purple scales on her feet and a blowhole on her head. Yes, she’s half mermaid and half human.

Her gorgeous mermaid mother, Halla, married a man named Thor. But Thor disappeared before Thora could be born. So, Thora stays in a boat called the Loki, and there is a hole at the bottom for Halla to periodically check on Thora, since Halla has to be in water of course. The legend says “a half mermaid child must live 10 yrs. on land and 10 yrs. in water to be free”.A man named Mr. Walters discovers the baby Thora in the Loki and helped Halla raise Thora- he was practically her father. But when it was time for Mr. Walters to take Thora to live her 10 years on land things start to fall apart. Frooty de Mare, a snobby, rich man that wants to own the Loki is trying to get back at Thora to get the Loki. He owns many hotels and shops, and he wants the Loki just to be able to say he owns everything in Grimli. Meanwhile, Mr. Walters has to go across the world to the funeral for his brother. Since Thora is old enough, she will be left at Grimli for that short time.But when Frooty de Mare makes a new cinema with a “big surprise” on the opening night, Thora and her friends know something’s up. Holly de Mare, Thora’s bff, tries to get back Thora’s beautiful mermaid mother from Frooty de Mare. He captured her and put her in a tank as the “big surprise”.

Will Thora and Holly be able to get back Halla? Can Thora live the legend to be free? Read the book to find out!

This book, obviously, would be better for girls!

-Sophia R.