The Tail of Emily Windsnap

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A young girl learns she's half mermaid and plunges into a scheme to reunite with her father in this entrancing, satisfying tale that beckons readers far below the waves.

For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep Emily away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery -- about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering deep below the water's surface. With a sure sense of suspense and richly imaginative details, first-time author Liz Kessler lures us into a glorious undersea world where mermaids study shipwrecks at school and Neptune rules with an iron trident -- an enchanting fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the convention-defying power of love.

Author: Liz Kessler
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 04/10/2012
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780763660208
ISBN10: 0763660205
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship

About the Author
Liz Kessler lives in England, and has worked as a teacher, journalist, and editorial consultant. She says she first knew she wanted to become a writer at the age of nine, when she had a poem published in a local newspaper. The Tail of Emily Windsnap, her first children's book, grew out of a poem she wrote about a mermaid.