Mermaid Mary Margaret by Lynn Hazen
Mermaid Mary Margaret is the journal of a 4th grader who goes on a cruise in Greece with her grandmother, in place of her recently deceased grandfather. For such a young girl I think a lot is expected of her and I wondered how many parents would put their own child in this position. Once I let go of that question I was able to enjoy this very cute and touching story.
The cruise is populated mainly by a senior citizen crowd and her grandma spends a lot of time napping so it leaves Mary Margaret a lot of time to write in her journal and "wonder" about life. At one point she even makes up her own list of her seven wonders of the world. A lot of her wondering has to do with imagining to be a mermaid.
She does manage to have several adventures on the book and meet lots of interesting characters.
This is a very well written book, but it is filled with the sadness of losing a grandparent and probably even more sad, watching her grandmother try to cope with the loss of her grandfather. I think this will be a good story for some children, but for others they might not be able to cope with some of it. But overall, I give a big thumbs up to this book.
Teachers: This would be a great story to use when you are discussing longitude and latitude in class. Mary Margaret has to chart the longitude and latitude of every place she visits to make up for the school work she is missing.
Keywords: Death, Grandparents, Journals or Diaries, Travel, Greece, Sadness, Geography, Longitude and Latitude
The cruise is populated mainly by a senior citizen crowd and her grandma spends a lot of time napping so it leaves Mary Margaret a lot of time to write in her journal and "wonder" about life. At one point she even makes up her own list of her seven wonders of the world. A lot of her wondering has to do with imagining to be a mermaid.
She does manage to have several adventures on the book and meet lots of interesting characters.
This is a very well written book, but it is filled with the sadness of losing a grandparent and probably even more sad, watching her grandmother try to cope with the loss of her grandfather. I think this will be a good story for some children, but for others they might not be able to cope with some of it. But overall, I give a big thumbs up to this book.
Teachers: This would be a great story to use when you are discussing longitude and latitude in class. Mary Margaret has to chart the longitude and latitude of every place she visits to make up for the school work she is missing.
Keywords: Death, Grandparents, Journals or Diaries, Travel, Greece, Sadness, Geography, Longitude and Latitude
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