Sea Fairies by Kirt Shineman
Months after the death of her father Mayre Griffiths, nicknamed Trot, encounters a few mischievous classmates on the coast of southern California. The mean boys play “keep-away” with her newly crafted pearl necklace, with a medal from her dead father. She freezes, and cannot defend herself. Her constant companion Cap'n Bill, a retired sailor with a wooden leg, comes to her rescue. After scaring away the...
Months after the death of her father Mayre Griffiths, nicknamed Trot, encounters a few mischievous classmates on the coast of southern California. The mean boys play “keep-away” with her newly crafted pearl necklace, with a medal from her dead father. She freezes, and cannot defend herself. Her constant companion Cap'n Bill, a retired sailor with a wooden leg, comes to her rescue. After scaring away the boys, Cap’n Bill confronts Trot about a visit he and Trot’s mother received; Trot’s teacher and principle came to the house looking for Trot, who had not been to school in weeks. Why? Trot explains she’s spent most of her days roaming the beach, avoiding the bullies, and swimming in the ocean, diving for pearls, and she even found a large pink pearl. Concerned, Cap'n Bill rows the two of them to where Trot found the infamous pink pearl. Trot and Cap’n Bill are attacked by SeaDevils, sent by the evil magician, Zog. They are forced to row into the forbidden Giant’s Cove. There the mermaids rescue Trot, and the distressed Cap'n Bill, and take them to visit to their land in mermaid form. Trot is enthusiastic, and Bill is too loyal to let her go off without him. Thus begins their adventure with the Sea Fairies as Trot learns about the ocean animals, the beauty of the deep, surmounts her grief over the death of her father, and through it all she finds the strength to take on the local bullies.