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The Mermaid in the Millpond

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The Mermaid in the Millpond	label	The Mermaid in the Millpond
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The Mermaid in the Millpond	comment	The Mermaid in the Millpond is a 2022 children's historical novel written by Lucy Strange and illustrated by Pam Smy.Bess is an eleven-year-old orphan who goes from a workhouse in London to a rural cotton mill. Shocked by the horrible working conditions, she wants to go to another mill in Manchester where she hears workers are fed properly and taught to read, but she's under contract to this mill until she turns twenty-one. She and her new friend Dot plan to run away from the mill. But the mill boss warns the children of a monstrous mermaid in the pond that will eat them if they try to escape.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: The book never mentions what happened to Bess's father.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_5ad80bf8	type	It's All My Fault
The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_5ad80bf8	comment	It's All My Fault: Bess blames herself for her ma's death because she talked her into taking in a young homeless boy for a few days. A few months later, Ma fell ill with tuberculosis and died. Bess thinks she caught it from the boy.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_60c90bd5	type	Orphan's Ordeal
The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_60c90bd5	comment	Orphan's Ordeal: Most or all of the workers at the cotton mill are orphans. They work long hours in an unbearably hot room with machines that can maim or kill them if they lose focus, and they aren't fed enough.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_62fd5552	type	Bavarian Fire Drill
The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_62fd5552	comment	Bavarian Fire Drill: During Bess's first escape, she confidently walks out of the mill in full view of everyone, hoping no one will realise she isn't supposed to do that. She makes it halfway across the bridge before Miss Tucker drags her back.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_7cc1924a	type	Handshake Refusal
The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_7cc1924a	comment	Handshake Refusal: When Bess and Dot first meet, Dot extends her hand, but Bess doesn't take it because after her ma died, she resolved not to get close to anyone again.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_7d260070	type	Corporal Punishment
The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_7d260070	comment	Corporal Punishment: Children who misbehave are beaten on the backs of their legs.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_867b1f57	type	By the Hair
The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_867b1f57	comment	By the Hair: After Bess's second escape attempt, Miss Tucker pulls her back to the mill by her hair.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_d5b7a6e3	type	Denied Food as Punishment
The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_d5b7a6e3	comment	Denied Food as Punishment: After Bess's second escape attempt, Miss Tucker locks her in an old warehouse with nothing to eat or drink for an entire day. Dot is already in the warehouse as punishment for stealing food, although she managed to smuggle in some bread and butter, which she shares with Bess.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_f48d0f54	type	Not Evil, Just Misunderstood
The Mermaid in the Millpond / int_f48d0f54	comment	Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: When Bess tries to escape by swimming across the millpond at night, she almost gets sucked over the weir and drowned, but the mermaid pulls her to safety. Bess realises that the mermaid is trapped in the pond and wants to escape downstream, not hurt anyone.
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The Mermaid in the Millpond	hasFeature	Orphan's Ordeal / int_55397898

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