'Ten years at sea, ten years on land !' It's time for Thora -- half-mermaid, half-human -- to leave the sea and join the rest of us on dry land. She's ten now, and the Sea Shrew's prophecy says that her days on the deep are done. Leaving her mermaid mother and taking her pet peacock, Cosmo, Thora does her best to settle down in the seaside town of Grimli. But trouble is brewing -- as it so often is, when Thora's around -- and she comes face to face with Frooty de Mare, a fat-cat businessman who hates mermaids ! Thora's nothing if not determined, though. She'll stop Frooty's sinister plans, whether he likes it or not !

 

This book was recognised in the Book i Couldn'T Put down Prize category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

This book was published 2005 by Hachette Children's Group .

Gillian Johnson, a former high school teacher and creative writing instructor at McGill University in Montreal, proves to be a fine satirical artist. She has provided her story with an avant-garde look, perfectly matched by Pol Turgeon's superb design.