Water tales, two novels; Aquamarine & Indigo. (Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror).HOFFMAN, Alice. Water tales, two novels; Aquamarine aquamarine (ăk'wəmərēn`, äk'–) [Lat.,=seawater], transparent beryl with a blue or bluish-green color. Sources of the gems include Brazil, Siberia, the Union of Myanmar, Madagascar, and parts of the United States. & Indigo. Scholastic. 198p. c2003. 0-439-47414-0. $5.99. JS Two light and sweet novellas This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by [ expanding it]. This is a selected list of novellas that have gained fame and/or critical and public acclaim. , Aquamarine and Indigo, explore merpeople and adolescence. Aquamarine focuses on scene rather than plot, describing the last days of the Capri Beach Club with such detail that the malaise of August heat bakes through. Twelve-year-olds Hailey and Claire come daily to the Capri despite the bubbling asphalt and weedy tennis courts. hoarding time before Claire moves away. Glum glum adj. glum·mer, glum·mest 1. Moody and melancholy; dejected. 2. Gloomy; dismal. n. 1. despair is cut when a fierce storm blows 16-year-old mermaid Aquamarine into the swimming pool. Claire and Hailey find Aquamarine a date, restore her to the ocean, and cope with their own separation. In Indigo, Martha and her friends Trevor and Eli come to terms with the prejudices of their hometown. The water-loving boys have webbed fingers webbed fingers n. Two or more fingers united by a common sheath of skin. and drink salt water, but the people of Oak Grove Oak grove may refer to
Oak Grove is a common name for several places in the United States of America. dread water so much that the swimming pool has been drained, the creek dammed up and the lawns left un-watered. Worse, Martha's widowed father is being courted by the despicable Hildy Swoon. A terrible flood allows the children to put things right. Not much here in terms of story, but the eloquent language makes for an enjoyable and satisfying read. Deborah Kaplan, Arlington, MA |
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