1: Thora

by Gillian Johnson (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $4.71

  '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...But Thora's nothing if not determined. She'll stop Frooty's sinister plans, whether he likes it or not...

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.42

  Some people say that mermaids are rapidly becoming an extinct species, like the Dodo bird, or the tasmanian tiger. Don't believe them. thora is a 10-year-old girl - half mermaid, half human - who has reached that stage in her life where she must take up residence in the world of humans, without the help of her mermaid mother, Halla. With the aid of her guardian, Mr Walters, thora moors her houseboat, the Loki, in the seaside town of Gimli. then together with her pet peacock, Cosmo, she must come to terms with a new life amongst people. this includes school and the evil developer, Frooty de Mare. But thora has life skills that can get her into and out of trouble with an effervescence that keeps all who meet her entertained and amused - well most people anyway! Ages 7-10