like real life, the story has an everyday cheerful bumpy side, and a hidden side of deep loves and poetic longings * INIS * Rich and strange * Independent Weekly * Rich and strange * Independent Weekly * This magical book is perfect holiday reading * Week Junior * This magical book is perfect holiday reading * Week Junior * An enchanting, original and hugely enjoyable fantasy about a high-spirited girl who discovers she's a mermaid - Francesca Simon An absolutely enchanting debut - a salty splash of something fresh within the tradition of the mermaid world. After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world Notes. like real life, the story has an everyday cheerful bumpy side, and a hidden side of deep loves and poetic longings * INIS * Wonderfully imaginative. Partington teaches long division in her first class, and. Emily lies telling her everything is fine and gets on the bus. Despite never having had a lesson, she takes to the water like, well, a fish. Her mother isn’t fooled, asking her instead if she is having trouble in her new school. Emily Windsnap, who narrates, is half-mermaid, as she discovers, inconveniently, in her seventh-grade swim class. Praise For Pre-teen girls will likely bite at this novels. The next morning, Emily tries to get out of going to school, not wanting to attend another swimming lesson. Emily tries to impress her new mermaid friends but ends up waking the kraken. Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep (2004), illus. Emily discovers she is a mermaid and goes on a quest to find her missing father. we were gripped from the first chapter * Mizz * Wonderfully inventive * Daily Express * Wonderfully inventive * Daily Express * Fresh and funny * The Times * Fresh and funny * The Times * Wonderfully imaginative. The Tail of Emily Windsnap, her first childrens book, grew out of a poem she wrote about a mermaid. The Tail of Emily Windsnap (2003), illustrated by Sarah Gibb. It is only when she has her first swimming lesson that she discovers it. we were gripped from the first chapter * Mizz * A great read. Emily lives on a boat, but her mother has always tried to keep her out of the water. Emily Windsnap is an ordinary girl who happens to find out that when she goes in water, she becomes a mermaid.
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