HOFFMAN, Alice. Water tales, two novels; Aquamarine & Indigo. Scholastic. 198p. c2003. 0-439-47414-0. $5.99. JS
Two light and sweet novellas, Aquamarine and Indigo, explore merpeople and adolescence. Aquamarine focuses on scene rather than plot, describing the last days of the Capri Beach Club with such detail that the malaise of August heat bakes through. Twelve-year-olds Hailey and Claire come daily to the Capri despite the bubbling asphalt and weedy tennis courts. hoarding ...