

The tail of Emily Windsnap / by Liz Kessler The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher. Published by arrangement with Orion Children’s BooksĪll rights reserved. Illustrations copyright © 2003 by Sarah Gibbįirst published in Great Britain in 2003 by Orion Children’s Books a division of the Orion Publishing Group Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously. As the Kraken rises from the deep, putting the future of the islanders in jeopardy, Emily makes a desperate attempt to save them.This is a work of fiction.

That is, until Emily ruins everything by waking a legendary sea monster known as the Kraken from its hundred-year sleep. To Emily Windsnap - half mermaid, half human - her new home is perfect. Picture an island set in a glittering blue sea, sparkling with white sand and palm trees, a secret place where humans and merfolk live together and where a girl who grows a mermaid's tail when she enters the water is not considered a problem. Recommended by: Barb Langridge, Īn enchanting tale with a fabulous monster, engaging characters, plenty of mermaid magic, and a page-turning story, Liz Kessler's new middle-grade fantasy has all the charm and warmth of its predecessor, THE TAIL OF EMILY WINDSNAP. Keywords: mermaids, adventure, friends, friendship, fitting in, sea monster, 8 year old, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, girl power, problem solving This is Book 2 of the Emily Windsnap books. There's another monster above the water as her nemesis from her old life is sailing along on a cruise ship and about to meet up with the sea monster. Her curiosity leads her into an underwater cave where Emily inadvertently awakens a sea monster. She nervously makes friends in her new world and then quickly finds herself struggling again with trying to fit in. After having brought her human mother and merman father together in the first book of the series, Emily has now moved with her parents to an island in the Bermuda Triangle.
