Feb 152010
My sixth grade teacher read us a science fiction book that I am dying to find, but I can’t remember the title or author. I only remember a few details, but maybe some one could help me out. The people find a man washed up on the beach, but he isn’t like us, he is kind of like a sea person/merman. They study him and then follow him back into the ocean, where his city is (Atlantis?) I wish I could remember more. Oh well! Any help?
Try Science Fiction Book Club, they might have it.
You may be referring to the 1977 film “The man from Atlantis”.
Plot Synopsis: Mark Harris is the lone survivor of the legendary sunken continent of Atlantis. Having adapted to life underwater, Mark possesses webbed hands, light-sensitive eyes, and the ability to swim at low depths in the sea for long periods. He draws strength from water and can overpower most ordinary men. Mark assists an institute for undersea research operated by his human friends, Dr. Elizabeth Merrill and C.W. Crawford, and joins Dr. Merrill in several exploratory missions aboard a high-tech submarine. They encounter several bizarre phenomena, including portals leading to other dimensions, a substance capable of altering personalities, an impish creature whose touch causes a mental return to childhood, and the scheme of a portly millionaire, Mr. Schubert, to melt the polar icecaps.
Is it maybe “A Stranger Came Ashore” by Mollie Hunter? http://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Came-Ashore-Harper-Trophy/dp/0064400824/?tag=24680e-20