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Mermaids

by Patty Dann

Follows the escapades and odyssey of Charlotte Flax, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl who yearns to become a saint and who falls in love with the shy young caretaker of a neighborhood convent in her sleepy 1960s Massachusetts town.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?