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Character(s): Mildred; Jack; Ellen

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Character(s): Selkies

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First Line: Bad Machinery

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Penciller(s): John Allison

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First Line: Bad Machinery

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Penciller(s): John Allison

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Character(s): Sonny; Mildred; Lottie; Jack; Linton; Shauna; Mrs. Lord; Neil Haversham; Linda Craven; Jessica Finch; Glenys Haversham; Tom Craven

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Penciller(s): John Allison

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Character(s): Granpa Joe; Cecile

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1 "Babysitter's got winter vomiting disease."

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Writer(s): John Allison

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Genres: fantasy, teen

Feature(s): Bad Machinery

Character(s): Tom; Glenys; Mildred; Sonny; Granpa Joe; Neil; Linda; Cecile; Charlotte; Shauna; Linton; Jack; Ellen; "Mum"; Lee

Synopsis: Sonny is unwilling to leave childhood behind but becomes obsessed with a selkie. Since unbeknownst to him Charlotte has packed the selkie's pelt into Sonny's bag, the selkie is now confined to land. A confused old woman mistakes the selkie for her now-grown daughter. Now called Ellen, the selkie haphazardly starts to learn the ways of modern life.

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Penciller(s): John Allison

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Character(s): Lottie; Shauna

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2 "Seals are part of the sub-order pinnipedia which means 'fin foot.'"

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Writer(s): John Allison

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Genres: fantasy, teen

Feature(s): Bad Machinery

Character(s): Tom; Glenys; Mildred; Sonny; Granpa Joe; Neil; Linda; Cecile; Charlotte; Shauna; Linton; Jack; Ellen; "Mum"; Lee; selkie father; Sasha

Synopsis: Ellen enrolls at school, where she and Sonny become attached to each other. She's illiterate and totally lost at life on land, so the kids try to teach her even while they cover for her. Since she's expert at swimming, they get her onto the swim team. Mildred and Lee are attracted to each other, enraging Lee's girl friend Sasha, who is also on the swim team. The selkie father prowls the town, looking for his daughter.

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Penciller(s): John Allison

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Character(s): Football (soccer) players

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3 "Ten Years Earlier"

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Writer(s): John Allison

Penciller(s): John Allison

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Genres: fantasy, teen

Feature(s): Bad Machinery

Character(s): Tom; Glenys; Mildred; Sonny; Granpa Joe; Neil; Linda; Cecile; Charlotte; Shauna; Linton; Jack; Ellen; "Mum"; Lee; selkie father; Sasha

Synopsis: A flashback shows that Sasha too is a selkie, bound to Lee because he picked up her pelt in childhood. She has even murdered his childhood sweethearts, and now she tries to kill Mildred, but the selkie father intervenes. The kids stage an opportunity for Sasha to attack in front of witnesses, leading to her arrest. Sonny returns Ellen's pelt, after which she is reunited with her father and returns to the sea.

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Penciller(s): John Allison

Inker(s): John Allison

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Character(s): Selkies

First Line: Fin

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Fire Inside Sketchbook

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Writer(s): John Allison

Penciller(s): John Allison

Inker(s): John Allison

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Letterer(s): ?; John Allson

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Character(s): Ellen; Sasha; selkie father; Charlotte; "Mum"; Lee; Mildred; Cecile; Granpa Joe

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Character(s): Selkies

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Penciller(s): John Allison

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First Line: Bad Machinery

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Notes: Back cover