The unique blend of contemporary life growing up in a seemingly normal family, woven into a fantasy-tinged mermaid world with mythical elements is a compelling one, and each chapter is a page-turner. This is a fast-paced story peppered with humorous observations about family life and holiday tensions.

It’s wave after wave of heady seafaring thrills for children aged 8-12. The only problem is that the Pirates really, really don’t like mermaids – forcing Emily to hide her true identity.Īt the same time, there’s a quest with a countdown to find a humungous pile of treasure, with clues to solve and baddies to overcome. Emily agrees to work for a band of pirates to ensure his safety. In the 8th of the Emily Windsnap series, the protagonist’s boyfriend, Aaron is dramatically held captive. Liz Kessler is in fine form with this preteen/tween mermaid action thriller set on a hijacked cruise ship. To see the latest price or order, click on the book cover image.

This children’s book is ideal for: KS2 and KS3 aged children who enjoy fast-paced adventure set in a fantasy-tinged world of pirates, treasure and villains. School reading lists’s five word review: Pirates, treasure, mermaids, and danger.Ĭhildren’s book title: Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince. When Emily Windsnap's boyfriend Aaron is captured by pirates there's only one option - join a rival pirate crew and persuade them to help rescue him.Įmily Windsnap has returned home to Brightport, but she can't help but miss the fantastical adventures she's been having on pirates ships and tropical islands.Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince – at a glance

The king has been having nightmares he doesn't understand and he knows only that Emily and Aaron.Ī school trip to a beautiful island plunges Emily and her friends into a new adventure.Įmily Windsnap, an ordinary girl on land and a magical mermaid in water, is overdue a break from excitement. The magic ring that Emily Windsnap - half mermaid, half ordinary girl - finds buried in the sand belongs to Neptune, and he wants it back.Įmily is delighted when her family returns to Brightport, but their attempts to follow Neptune's orders to bring humans and merfolk together seem doomed.Įmily and Aaron are sent on a top secret mission by King Neptune. Emily Windsnap lives on a boat, but her mother has always been oddly anxious to keep her out of the water.Įmily Windsnap is thrilled to arrive at her new home - a secret island near the Bermuda Triangle where humans and merfolk live together, and where being a girl who grows a tail as soon as she enters the water isn't a problem.

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