Merliah Summers is living her best life—splitting time between winning surfing championships in Malibu and visiting her mermaid family in Oceana. Her best friend, dolphin Zuma, is never far behind. Everything is perfect until strange ripples begin disturbing the ocean currents. Sea flowers wilt, coral turns gray, and mer-people report feeling weak and dizzy.
Merliah learns that Cordelia isn’t purely evil. Long ago, Cordelia’s family was exiled from Oceana for using wild magic to heal sick reefs. Cordelia doesn’t want to destroy Oceana—she wants to prove that “flawed magic” can be just as powerful as royal magic. But her bitterness has twisted her mission. barbie in a mermaid tale 2
Cordelia hesitates. But when a giant trench beast (awakened by the Pearl’s misuse) attacks, Merliah saves Cordelia’s life. Moved, Cordelia returns the Pearl, and the two combine their magic to calm the beast—turning it into a gentle guardian. Merliah Summers is living her best life—splitting time