· In this intricately woven coming-of-age tale, Kamata (Losing Kei) explores destiny and regret. In the small town of Grand Haven on the shores of Lake Michigan, year-old Elise Faulkner is chafing at the expectations of her former beauty queen mother when she becomes friends with the rebellious Chiara www.doorway.ru: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing. The Mermaids of Lake Michigan is a young adult story that illustrates how a good coming of age story can be told with a literary touch. Themes and motifs are told and developed throughout the book, and its supporting characters, interesting backstories, and tangential asides all become important in the development of young Elise Faulkner’s maturation into a woman/5(47). · ABOUT THE BOOK -. Elise Faulkner is more at home in the waters of her beloved Lake Michigan than on land where her beauty queen mom is always on her back about her lack of a social life; her sister is dating the boy of her dreams; her favorite penpal--the one who wrote about mermaids in Ghana--has gotten married and ended their correspondence; and no one's allowed to talk about her .
The Mermaids of Lake Michigan. by. Suzanne Kamata (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · ratings · 47 reviews. Elise Faulkner is more at home in the waters of her beloved Lake Michigan than on land where her beauty queen mom is always on her back about her lack of a social life; her sister is dating the boy of her dreams; her. The Mermaids of Lake Michigan by Suzanne Kamata Happy Monday, everybody! Today I'm a stop on the TLC blog tour for Suzanne Kamata's The Mermaids of Lake Michigan. Elise would much rather spend time indoors with a good book than anything else. It's a proclivity her once beauty queen mother simply can't understand. The Mermaids of Lake Michigan. by Suzanne Kamata. BUY NOW FROM. AMAZON Kamata (The Beautiful One Has Come, , etc.) pulls off the difficult trick of writing a book that's thoughtful and slow-paced without overexplaining or making the story plodding. Her writing is clear and confident, with an eye for vivid details—"dormer windows.
The Mermaids of Lake Michigan is a young adult story that illustrates how a good coming of age story can be told with a literary touch. Themes and motifs are told and developed throughout the book, and its supporting characters, interesting backstories, and tangential asides all become important in the development of young Elise Faulkner’s maturation into a woman. In this intricately woven coming-of-age tale, Kamata (Losing Kei) explores destiny and regret. In the small town of Grand Haven on the shores of Lake Michigan, year-old Elise Faulkner is chafing at the expectations of her former beauty queen mother when she becomes friends with the rebellious Chiara Hanover. ABOUT THE BOOK -. Elise Faulkner is more at home in the waters of her beloved Lake Michigan than on land where her beauty queen mom is always on her back about her lack of a social life; her sister is dating the boy of her dreams; her favorite penpal--the one who wrote about mermaids in Ghana--has gotten married and ended their correspondence; and no one's allowed to talk about her glamorous great-grandmother, the deep-sea wreck diver.
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