When sailors aboard a Dutch ship in 1663 capture a creature, half man and half fish, the superstitious crewmen want to kill it, except for a young cabin boy who believes that the creature deserves to live.

• ISBN: 9780399229398
• Published: 1998 , Philomel
• Themes: compassion, kindness, Ships
• Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Myths and Legends, Netherlands
• No. of pages: 41