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Emily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost Souls (2015), illus.Emily and Aaron go on a top secret mission to the frozen north.Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun (2012), illus.Emily goes on a quest to try and find the missing sirens.

Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret (2009), illus.Emily falls victim to an ancient curse and may have to choose between staying human or becoming a full mermaid.Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist (2006), illus.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.The Tail of Emily Windsnap (2003), illustrated by Sarah Gibb.Ultimately, she and her parents, with her friend Shona, start a new life at Alpoints Island.īibliography Main series Emily and Shona embark on an epic adventure to find her father and unite her family. She discovers that Neptune, the King of the Sea, has banned marriages between merfolk and humans, and that her father is being held in the merworld prison by Neptune. On the way she makes friends with a teen mermaid named Shona Silkfin who invites her into the merworld under the sea. Later that night Emily investigates this mysterious turn of events by diving into the ocean where she discovers that once her legs lock together they turn into a beautiful mermaid's tail! Realizing she is Semi-Mer, Emily sets out to discover her family history and find her father. Class is going well until Emily dives into the pool and her legs lock together causing her to panic and need to be rescued by her teacher.

After years of her mother trying to keep her out of the water, her mother gives Emily permission to take mandatory swim lessons at school when she turns thirteen.

The series follows the adventures of thirteen-year-old Emily Windsnap after she discovers that she is half mermaid in the first book and is targeted towards middle grade readers.Įmily Windsnap lives aboard a boat with her mother. The series originated as a poem that Kessler was writing about a 'little girl who lived on a boat but had a big secret' an editor recommended that Kessler turn the poem into a book. It is illustrated primarily by Sarah Gibb and published by Orion Children's Books in Britain, and Candlewick Press in America. Orion Children's Books Candlewick Press (US)Įmily Windsnap is a series of children's fantasy novels written by British author Liz Kessler, inaugurated by The Tail of Emily Windsnap in 2003 and continuing as of 2020. Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the DeepĮmily Windsnap and the Castle in the MistĮmily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight SunĮmily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost SoulsĮmily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island

Emily windsnap the tail of emily windsnap