Boom Broom doesn't think his life could get any worse. Ever since his mother was swept away by a twister, his family has gone crazy. They refuse to leave the house and Boom and his sister Mertyle are looked after by Halvor, the Viking descendant who rents the room over their garage. When Boom finds a baby mermaid who seems to grant unlimited wishes, he thinks his luck has turned around. That is, until his sister is hit by the curse of the merfolk. Now Boom and his best friend Winger must find a way to return the merbaby to its mother and save Mertyle before it is too late.

 

 

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by Little, Brown & Company .

Suzanne Selfors is the author of To Catch a Mermaid. She lives with her husband on an island in Washington state where they are raising two children, a dog, a cat, and a flock of messy chickens.