The Crook and the Crown
By Debbie Dadey and Tatevik Avakyan
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Shelly, Echo, Kiki, and Pearl are spending their school vacation at Neptune’s castle! Shelly’s aunt, Queen Edwina, has invited the girls to stay for a whole week, and while they’re there the girls can’t wait to visit the Royal Orca Museum, see the Palace Library, ride seahorses, and maybe even attend a royal ball.
Shelly is nervous about meeting her royal family, especially since she’s never felt like a princess. But when she arrives at the castle, she is welcomed with curtsies, bows, and sea flowers. Queen Edwina even gives Shelly a sparkling tiara that she once wore as a young princess.
Just as Shelly starts to relax and have fun, the tiara disappears and the girls have to find it before the queen finds out! The mergirls have a real mermystery on their fins! But will they be able to figure out who took the tiara before Shelly’s royal visit turns into a royal disaster?
Debbie Dadey
Debbie Dadey is an award-winning children’s book author who has written more than 150 books. She is best known for her series The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, written with Marcia Thornton Jones. Debbie lives with her husband, her children, and three dogs in Sevierville, Tennessee.
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The Crook and the Crown - Debbie Dadey
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 FIT FOR A PRINCESS
2 SCREECH, CLICK, SQUEAL!
3 A CROWN OF JEWELS
4 ZEE ROYAL TAILOR
5 SADDLE UP, SEA HORSE!
6 TIARA TROUBLE
7 SEAT OF HONOR
8 A ROYAL REVIEW
9 PICTURE PERFECT
10 BELLES OF THE BALL
11 THE THIEF REVEALED
POSTCARDS FROM NEPTUNE’S CASTLE
THE MERMAID TALES SONG
AUTHOR’S NOTE
GLOSSARY
TWIST AND SHOUT EXCERPT
ABOUT DEBBIE DADEY
In memory of my mother,
Rebecca Ann Bailey Gibson
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Laasya, Anna, as well as all my fin-tastic readers at St. Margaret’s School in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey.
Fit for a Princess
OH MY NEPTUNE! QUEEN Edwina sent her own royal carriage for us!" Pearl squealed.
Shelly Siren and her friends Pearl, Echo, and Kiki stood outside the Trident City People Museum as a large killer whale stopped beside them. The orca was pulling a sparkling shell carriage. Two tailmen wearing bright-blue coats with silver sashes lowered a glittering step from the carriage onto the ocean floor.
Another tailman, also wearing a blue coat, but with a gold sash, said in a loud voice, Princess Shelly, it would be my honor to escort you and your servants to Neptune’s Castle.
Hey, we’re not her servants!
Pearl snapped.
It’s all right, Pearl,
Kiki said. Let’s just bubble down and enjoy the ride.
Pearl stuck her nose up in the water and frowned at the tailman but didn’t complain anymore.
Shelly hugged her grandfather good-bye before floating up the carriage’s diamond-covered stairs. The inside was just as beautiful as the outside. Blue gems lined the ceiling and the seats. Shelly could see her reflection shining in the walls.
Ooh,
Pearl said, running her hand over the jeweled seats. I’ve heard of this. It’s aquamarine and very rare in the ocean.
She turned to Shelly. "This is a carriage fit for a princess! Good thing you are one!"
Shelly smiled, but inside she sure didn’t feel like a princess! Still, her great-aunt was Queen Edwina of the Western Oceans, and that made Shelly royalty.
As the carriage sped away, Shelly waved to Grandfather Siren until she couldn’t see him anymore. Then she sat back with a sigh. This was it! She was actually going to visit Neptune’s Castle—the palace named for the very first king of the sea. When the queen had suggested that Shelly bring her friends to the castle during a school vacation, it had seemed exciting. Now it just felt scary.
Echo pushed back her dark, curly hair and turned to Shelly. "You’re so quiet! Are you