Ragboy (Point)

by Alan Temperley (Author), David Frankland (Illustrator)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $3.27

  Silas is a rag-and-bone boy, a ragamuffin who makes his living by scavenging in the dirty streets of the city and beachcombing by the wild blue sea. Early one morning, after a big storm, Silas makes the greatest find of his life-a mermaid, a savage girl with a tail and sharp nails, lying injured on the beach. He offers the mermaid shelter and protection. But Silas in only a ragged boy, and their are ruthless villains at large-ruffians who lurk in gangs in the twisting alleys, and who know that a mermaid could bring them fortunes beyond their wildest dreams...