Kathi Appelt writes magically and the way she puts words and ideas together is simply beautiful."Keeper" is her newest story about love, all sorts of love, with more than a hint of mythology and some wonderful cats and dogs thrown in. It revolves around a 10 year old girl with the name Keeper who believes she is the daughter of a mermaid who swam away many years ago. She has been looked after ever since by a young woman, Signe, in a little house on the coast of Texas. On this particular day Keeper hears the crabs destined for the gumbo pot talking to her so she lets them go. This act leads to another and another and before she knows it Keeper has disappointed all those who love her so she gets it in her mind to go find her mother.... at sea. She has a plan and while everyone is sleeping Keeper drifts off to the ocean to find her.
This books begins with an act and then goes forwards and backwards and forwards for one, two, three special characters. I just wanted to be sure Keeper was safe... but this back and forth tied all the stories together very neatly. A lovely story.
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