Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau - Review

Title: Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings

Author: Helene Boudreau
Paperback, 224 pages

Published December 1st 2010 by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (first published November 9th 2010)

Plot:

Freak of nature takes on a whole new meaning...


If she hadn't been so clueless, she might have seen it coming. But really, who expects to get into a relaxing bathtub after a stressful day of shopping for tankinis and come out with scales and a tail?

Most. Embarrassing. Moment. Ever.

Jade soon discovers she inherited her mermaid tendencies from her mom. But if Mom was a mermaid, how did she drown?

Jade is determined to find out. So how does a plus-size, aqua-phobic mer-girl go about doing that exactly? And how will Jade ever be able to explain her secret to her best friend, Cori, and to her crush, Luke?

This summer is about to get a lot more interesting...

"Absolutely fresh and sweet, a quirky coming of age story."-The YA-5

My Thoughts:

Really cute book for tweens! This novel has just the right amount of sass to keep those tweens reading on. The voice is really fresh and the story is really cute, but is a little lower aged than what I perfer to read.