Silas is a rag-and-bone boy, a ragamuffin who makes his living by scavenging in the dirty streets of the city and beachcombing by the wild blue sea. Early one morning, after a big storm, Silas makes the greatest find of his life-a mermaid, a savage girl with a tail and sharp nails, lying injured on the beach. He offers the mermaid shelter and protection. But Silas in only a ragged boy, and their are ruthless villains at large-ruffians who lurk in gangs in the twisting alleys, and who know that a mermaid could bring them fortunes beyond their wildest dreams...
- ISBN10 0439978297
- ISBN13 9780439978293
- Publish Date 17 April 2003 (first published 28 June 2000)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 February 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Scholastic
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English