Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand

Everyone besides Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the town holds a secret annual festival to honor them. Can she solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy...?

When Tokiko’s parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole life isn’t easy... Things start to look up when local boy Narumi, another outsider, wants to be friends!

But then strange memories start to surface.

Swimming in the ocean...

Drowning...

Getting saved by...

...a merman?

Everyone but Narumi denies the existence of merpeople, yet the town holds a secret festival to honor them every year! Can Tokiko solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy...?

But then strange memories start to surface.

Swimming in the ocean...

Drowning...

Getting saved by...

...a merman?