Em Rogers' life changes forever when she gets her first detention. If she'd known Dad would die in a traumatic accident on the way to pick her up, and Mum would have a nervous breakdown, she wouldn't have talked in class that day. It was all her fault.After losing friends, confidence, and hope, Em moves north to Matapouri to live with her nan and finds a future with the help of new friends, a mermaid, and a magic rock.

Em Rogers' life changes forever when she gets her first detention. If she'd known Dad would die in a traumatic accident on the way to pick her up, and Mum would have a nervous breakdown, she wouldn't have talked in class that day. It was all her fault.After losing friends, confidence, and hope, Em moves north to Matapouri to live with her nan and finds a future with the help of new friends, a mermaid, and a magic rock.

Em Rogers' life changes forever when she gets her first detention. If she'd known Dad would die in a traumatic accident on the way to pick her up, and Mum would have a nervous breakdown, she wouldn't have talked in class that day. It was all her fault.After losing friends, confidence, and hope, Em moves north to Matapouri to live with her nan and finds a future with the help of new friends, a mermaid, and a magic rock.