A young girl searches for her True Blue Friend in this pitch-perfect middle-grade debut full of mystery, new friends, and Maybe a mermaid.
Josephine Cameron\'s energetic and heartfelt debut raises timeless questions about truth, lies, and the hope that grows between them..
But as she grows entangled in local gossip, and her mother stretches the truth, Anthoni must decide if she\'ll stick to the plan, like always, or dive into a summer full of extraordinary possibilities.
Anthoni has a plan--a foolproof checklist for making lifelong friends There won\'t be any Maybe s this time.
This summer will be different, though.
But it\'s been hard to find one, since for the past five years she\'s been bouncing from town to town, helping her mother sell Beauty & the Bee cosmetic products to keep them both afloat.
She\'s always wanted a True Blue Friend.
Anthoni has bigger fish to fry.
So when her mom brings her to Thunder Lake for a summer at the Showboat Resort, she doesn\'t believe the local rumors about the Boulay Mermaid.
She\'s more of a comic-books girl.
Eleven-year-old Anthoni Gillis is not the kind of kid who believes in fairies, unicorns, or even the word maybe.
A young girl searches for her True Blue Friend in this pitch-perfect middle-grade debut full of mystery, new friends, and Maybe a mermaid
