Author: Alice Hoffman – Middle Grade Carousel

First Star

These girls had stopped looking at calendars. They didn’t wear watches. They shut their eyes when the first star appeared in the sky. The reason they wished every day to be the same was that at the end of the month, Clair would be moving … and Hailey would be left behind.

Aquamarine
Alice Hoffman
Hoffman, Alice - Aquamarine

It was a while before they realized that a mermaid had surfaced at the shallow end of the pool. Her hair was pale and silvery and her nails were a shimmering blue. Between each finger was a thin webbing, of the sort you might find on a newborn seal or a duck.

Aquamarine
Alice Hoffman

Hoffman, Alice - Aquamarine