Torry Valentine

Torry is a 12 year old boy who inherited a gene from an ancestor which makes him just love girls. Torry and his family are magically connected to the sea as are all of his friends. They believe their ancestors are from Atlantis, he and his friends travel to an island school; that only the gifted ones can see. Torry is supposed to find an important key of the ancient type.
Before they depart for the island, the University's Museum curator is found dead in the museum. The police come to the Valentine house for Dottie's help, Torry's mom owns an antique and art gallery named Mystical, strange pictures are showing up at Dottie's gallery.
Departing from Neptune's Pier at night and once on the island rooms and roommates assigned. The students get to know each other and there are beach days, where they meet the mermaids and not much school work gets done. Mermaid's hair is found in the corridors of the castle school, it must never be cut.
The girls all love good looking Torry Valentine even the older one's blush. He spells his name with two R's and he will remind you of the spelling.
This is a book of young adults living away from family and learning about their ancestry. Typical school classes and events if you are magical, detective work for the inquisitive and personality conflicts. There is a lot going on in this book