Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand -- Yoko Komori - Paperback

Everyone besides Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the town holds a secret annual festival to honor them. Can she solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy...?

Everyone besides Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the town holds a secret annual festival to honor them. Can she solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy...?

When Tokiko's parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole lives isn't easy. Things start to look up when local boy Yosuke, another outsider, wants to be friends.

But then strange memories start to surface.

Swimming in the ocean...

Drowning...

Getting saved by...

...a merman?

Yosuke denies the presence of merfolk, yet the townspeople hold a festival to honor them every year. Can Tokiko solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy...?

Author: Yoko Komori
Publisher: Viz Media
Published: 02/21/2023
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781974734658

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/09/2023
Booklist 02/01/2023 pg. 36