And Then I Turned Into a Mermaid. Laura Kirkpatrick

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      First published in Great Britain 2019

      by Egmont UK Limited

      The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © 2019 Laura Steven

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2019

      ISBN 978 1 4052 9503 1

      Ebook ISBN 978 1 4052 9517 8

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       To Millie – my favourite mermaid in the world

      Contents

       Cover

       Title page

       Copyright

       Dedication

CHAPTER ONE: Barcastic Barracuda

CHAPTER TWO: A Fishy Birthday

CHAPTER THREE: Cake for Dinner

CHAPTER FOUR: The Transformation

       CHAPTER FIVE: So Many Questions

       CHAPTER SIX: The First Hurdle(s)

       CHAPTER SEVEN: The Embarrassing Friend

       CHAPTER EIGHT: The Blow-Up

       CHAPTER NINE: What’s Your Trout?

       CHAPTER TEN: The Trapdoor

       CHAPTER ELEVEN: Clamdunk

       CHAPTER TWELVE: Back to Reality

       CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Jack-in-the-Box

       CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Carrot to Eagle

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Purple Tail

       CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Pease Pudding

       CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Baboon Buttholes

       CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Biggest Spectacle at the Zoo

       CHAPTER NINETEEN: Do Penguins Bark?

       CHAPTER TWENTY: Look, a Penguin

       CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: The Strangest Merpower

       CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: The Good Ship Haddock

       Acknowledgements

       CHAPTER ONE

       Barcastic Barracuda

      Molly Seabrook loved the sea and hated the sea in equal measure.

      She loved it for all the obvious reasons: the gushing and fizzing of waves on the shore, the dolphins leaping during summer, the kaleidoscope of red and orange and pink during sunset.

      She hated it because the sea was home to fish. СКАЧАТЬ