Mermaid in Chelsea Creek

by Michelle Tea

Book Overview

Everyone in the broken-down town of Chelsea, Massachusetts, has a story too worn to repeat--from the girls who play the pass-out game just to feel like they're somewhere else, to the packs of aimless teenage boys, to the old women from far away who left everything behind. But there's one story they all still tell: the oldest and saddest but most hopeful story, the one about the girl who will be able to take their twisted world and straighten it out...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938073363
• ISBN13: 9781938073366
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: McSweeney's
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10