Fourteen-year-old Luce has had a tough life, but she reaches the depths of despair when she is assaulted and left on the cliffs outside a grim Alaskan fishing village. She expects to die when she tumbles into the icy waves below but instead undergoes an astonishing transformation: she becomes a mermaid. A tribe of mermaids finds Luce and welcomes her in. All of them, like her, are lost girls who surrendered their humanity in the darkest moments of their lives.
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50 Engaging Stories for Students to Read, Fill In, Solve, and Sharpen Their Math Skills
These funny and engaging “mad lib” worksheets give kids a fun way to practice math skills and solving word problems. Skill topics correlate to the NCTM standards and include addition, subtraction, measurement, time, patterns, algebra readiness, and lots more. They're perfect for partner and small-group learning. For use with Grades 2-3
