A little girl dreams of being a princess, a princess dreams of being a horse, and the magical dreams of transformations continue until they come full circle.
"Grumpy Gus is one pirate that complains about everything, even about seeking treasure, an attitude that annoys his fellow pirates--so the Pirate Queen gives Gus an equally grumpy parrot in hopes that it will teach Gus a lesson and make him change his grumpy ways"--OCLC.
"[Includes] facts about marine life by providing . . . answers to such . . . questions as 'Do starfish sign autographs?' and 'Do seahorses wear saddles?'"--OCLC.
When her mother remarries again, high schooler Clare has no choice but to spend time with her biological father, Richard, at his home on Cape Cod, where she begins to understand him and learn that she may have been wrong about a lot of things.
