Aquamarine & Indigo

by Alice Hoffman

Two luminous stories of friendship, magic, and the sea -- bound together in one beautiful volume -- by bestselling author Alice Hoffman.

In Aquamarine, twelve-year-old best friends Hailey and Claire are enjoying their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There, among the seaweed and jellyfish that a summer storm washed in from the ocean, is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken heart -- a mermaid named Aquamarine.

As her six sisters beckon to her to return to the sea, and Aquamarine begins to fade away in the burning August sun, she stubbornly refuses to leave the pool and persists in her search for love on dry land.

On the edge of growing up, during a summer that is the hottest on record, Hailey and Claire learn that life can take an unpredictable course, that friendship is forever, and that magic can be found in the most unexpected places.

In Indigo, thirteen-year-old Martha Glimmer is convinced this is the worst time of her life. Her mother died, she grew seven inches, and she has to put up with a woman who plies Martha's lonely father with food and opinions about how thirteen-year-old girls should behave. Martha longs to leave Oak Grove and travel. Her best friend Trevor and his brother Eli also want to leave Oak Grove. Nicknamed Trout and Eel because of the thin webbing between their fingers and toes, they long to see the ocean. When the trio decide to run away to the ocean, trouble ensues.

Bestselling author Alice Hoffman weaves together two enchanting tales of friendship and magic, finding home and the sea.

208 pages, Paperback

Published September 17, 2024

About the author

Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew; The Marriage of Opposites; The Red Garden; The Museum of Extraordinary Things; The Dovekeepers; Here on Earth, an Oprah’s Book Club selection; and the Practical Magic series, including Practical
Magic; Magic Lessons; The Rules of Magic, a selection of Reese’s Book Club; and The Book of Magic. She lives near Boston.

Reviews

[Anita · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was actually two novels in one book. Both were about memaids falling in love with humans. I thought it was ok for a middle grade novel. I wasn't bored. As an adult though I found it a bit silly. sometimes silly isn't bad though. I read this book for the 52 books summer connections challenge. each book in the challenge must be somehow related to the one that came before forming a circle of loosely related books. The prompt was read a book that has the same number of vowels as the previous read. my previous read had 9 vowels.

[Karen M Gorten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awwwww. Can't wait to share these with my Grandson.

This isn't a review from a child's perspective. It's a review from a Grandmother's. I bought these books because I help homeschool my grandson. I'm definitely adding these to our literature collection. I read them first and loved them!! They're like a warm hug for children! But hey, it's Alice Hoffman! ;)

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd never heard of Indigo by Alice Hoffman before, and I think it might be my new favourite of hers.