Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings

Written by Helene Boudreau

Narrated by Jen Taylor

Fourteen-year-old Jade feels like a freak of nature when she finally gets her first period in the mall. It gets worse when she runs into handsome Luke Martin in the feminine products aisle while her dad Googles menstruation on his phone. But freak takes on a whole new meaning when hormones bring on another metamorphosis, complete with scales and a tail. When Jade learns she's inherited her mermaid tendencies from her late mother, it raises the question: if Mom was a mermaid, how did she drown?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Dec 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9781666600711

Helene Boudreau

Helene Boudreau writes fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults from her home in Ontario. Her debut middle grade novel, Arcadian Star, was nominated for the 2009/2010 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award.

Reviews for Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings

[Rachel Stacy · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Cute short coming of age listen. Kinda predictable but still cute. Kinda makes me think of the old Disney channel movie, “Thirteenth Year.”