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    Cora's Mystery
    Cora's Mystery
    Cora's Mystery
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    Cora's Mystery

    By Janet Gurtler and Andrea Gianopoulos

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    Cora is so excited about the upcoming school swim meet — she's sure she and her friends will win the relay race. But when the team mascot goes missing, Cora is convinced her luck and talent has disappeared with it. She's determined to find the culprit before it costs her team the race.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateDec 21, 2015
    ISBN9781496539724
    Cora's Mystery
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    Janet Gurtler

    RITA Finalist Janet Gurtler is the author of acclaimed YA fiction, including I'm Not Her and 16 Things I Thought Were True, which was a Junior Library Guild Selection and chosen as a Best Books for Teens by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. Janet lives in Calgary, Alberta, near the Canadian Rocky Mountains, with her husband and son and a fat Chihuahua named Bruce who refuses to eat dog food.

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      Cora's Mystery - Janet Gurtler

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      Mermaid Life

      Mermaid Kingdom refers to all the kingdoms in the sea, including Neptunia, Caspian, Hercules, Titania, and Nessland. Each kingdom has a king and queen who live in a castle. Merpeople live in caves.

      Mermaids get their legs on their thirteenth birthdays at the stroke of midnight. It’s a celebration when the mermaid makes her first voyage onto land. After their thirteenth birthdays, mermaids can go on land for short periods of time but must be very careful.

      If a mermaid goes on land before her thirteenth birthday, she will get her legs early and never get her tail back. She will lose all memories of being a mermaid and will be human forever.

      Mermaids are able to stay on land with legs for no more than forty-eight hours. Any longer and they will not be able to get their tails back and will be human forever. They will lose all memories of being a mermaid.

      If they fall in love, merpeople and humans can marry and have babies (with special permission from the king and queen of their kingdom). Their babies are half-human and half-merperson. However, this love must be the strongest love possible in order for it to be approved by the king and queen.

      Half-human mermaids are able to go on land indefinitely and can change back to a mermaid anytime. However, they are not allowed to tell other humans about the mermaid world unless they have special permission from the king and queen.

      Chapter One

      Deep below the waves, in the heart of Neptunia, my cave vibrated with the sounds of mermaid laughter and merboy cheers.

      Wow, Cora, Rachel, one of my best friends, said as she swam up beside me in the kitchen. I had no idea this party was going to be so …

      Amazing? I filled in for her as I topped off a bowl of salty seaweed. I grinned.

      Loud, Rachel finished, her eyes open wide as she glanced out at all the merkids gathered in my cave. I’d invited my entire swim team and all of their friends to come celebrate the swim meet next week. It was biggest meet of the season and a huge deal for all the castles. Our team deserved this pre-tournament tradition. Even merkids from other castles and swim teams had shown up.

      Shyanna, my other best friend, swam up to my other side and linked arms with me. "So loud, she agreed. But Cora wouldn’t want a party any other way!" She winked.

      I couldn’t help but laugh. Rachel and Shyanna both had small families and weren’t used to constant chaos. I, on the other hand, came from a big family. My friends knew I loved parties and being surrounded by people — the fact that today’s crowd included merkids from the swim team made me even happier. It was like being part of the Spirit Squad 2 — as magical as a morning seahorse dance!

      It’s true! I agreed. I swirled around the water, unable to contain my joy and excitement. Food, fun, and frolicking! My family loved loud celebrations too, and my mom happily darted around, helping with the party, while my dad kept my sisters busy.

      The only thing that put a damper on the party was when Regina Merrick, a member of the Spirit Squad, showed up. I still hadn’t forgiven Regina

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