![]() 10-12)Ī San Diego preteen learns that she’s an elf, with a place in magic school if she moves to the elves’ hidden realm. Readers will enjoy meeting these clear-cut characters, all of whom get just what they deserve-or better. By the end, Harris has been replaced, the ring turns out to be a crucial clue to Toby’s past (did you doubt?), and there’s a closing signal that the Flots haven’t entirely disappeared. Dyer stocks the cast with familiar types, all depicted with breezy assurance in Bailey’s frequent sketches, and takes the plot through a series of twists as Toby helps the Flots outmaneuver Harris, and his snaky son Nigel, before eventually expediting their escape aboard a cruise ship. When a gold ducal signet ring they give him from their hoard of sea-loot touches off a massive treasure hunt, Toby concocts a bold plan to save them from exposure by putting them into wheelchairs and installing them as guests at the Grand. ![]() ![]() Under the dock one day he meets the Flots, three friendly merfolk. ![]() Thanks to meanie Kenneth Harris, manager of the seedy seaside Grand Hotel, Toby labors hard for nothing but pajamas and a bed in the attic. Dyer debuts with an amiable rags-to-riches tale featuring a foundling lad who makes unusual friends on the way to winkling out his past. ![]()
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