Eleven-year-old Bailey believes in miracles. She has to; it will take a miracle to keep her warring parents together. This summer they are at a Marriage Counselling camp, leaving Bailey and her little brother Kevin with their estranged grandmother in the island town of Felicity Bay. There, an eccentric deposed minister makes a prophecy that a stranger from the sea will change everything. When Bailey discovers a mermaid-shaped piece of driftwood, she begins to believe that the mermaid is this stranger from the sea. Then, when a dolphin becomes stranded on the beach, Bailey forgets her own troubles and rouses the reluctant locals into action. Written in light and lyrical free verse, Shari Green's warm and wistful novel brings Bailey face to face with both hard and beautiful truths about growing up and growing into her own ability to shape the world.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Children's Novel category by the Chocolate Lily Award. It was recognised by the Scbwi Crystal Kite Award. It also was recognised by the Best Books for Kids & Teens. It was recognised by the White Raven Award. Also it was recognised by the Resource Links the Year's Best. It was recognised by the Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award. It was recognised by the Rocky Mountain Book Award.

There are 240 pages in this book. It is a novel. This book was published 2016 by Pajama Press .

Shari Green spent a large portion of her childhood summers reading stacks of library books, and she's still in love with stories today. In 2016 she published Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles, a stirring middle-grade novel in free verse. Shari lives in Campbell River, British Columbia, with her husband, kids, and the worst watchdog ever.