She gets that weird feeling again, but this time she looks down to see that her legs are gone–replaced by a shiny, beautiful tail! Welcome to Emily’s Big Discovery, the first in a sparkling, charmingly illustrated series of readers. Eager to figure out what’s happening, Emily later dives into the sea.

Standing beside the pool, she feels the water calling her, but when she jumps in, she gets a strange, kind of scary sensation. But it’s hard to make friends at the beach when everyone else is having fun in the waves! So when swimming lessons start at school, Emily is excited to finally have the chance to learn. Her mother has always cautioned her to stay out of the water. Even though she lives in a houseboat, Emily Windsnap doesn’t know how to swim. One of the more imaginative tales I have ever read.Introducing an exciting new line of readers that brings half-mermaid Emily Windsnap–star of the New York Times best-selling series–to a younger audience. Kessler has a wonderful new 'tail' she has woven with Emily.There is enough mystery that you keep reading for more… It is a book that leaves you wanting more Emily. Liz Kessler creates an engaging heroine, full of funny asides and derring-do, and a sparkling, fast-paced story with more plot twists than a mermaid's flipping tale. Liz Kessler makes a splash with this tightly written, highly imaginative debut. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Gibb's spot art has a fluid delicacy that adds much to the watery ambience. There is no denying the siren-like allure of mermaid stories. Light, imagination-tickling fare ideal for middle-grade girls, with charming ink-wash illustrations scattered throughout. Pre-teen girls will likely bite at this novel's tempting bait. This deluxe unjacketed hardcover features a ribbon bookmark, decorative stained edges, an author’s note, facts about mermaids, and a personality quiz to reveal what kind of sea creature the reader might be. In a lovely twentieth-anniversary edition of the spellbinding fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the convention-defying power of love, New York Times best-selling author Liz Kessler lures us into a glorious undersea world where mermaids study shipwrecks at school and Neptune rules with an iron trident. 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. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has anxiously kept Emily away from the water. The enchanting first tale in the New York Times best-selling series is now available in a beautiful twentieth-anniversary edition poised to captivate a new generation.įor as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat.

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