The Tail of Emily Windsnap: Book 1

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Emily's relationship with her parents is explained. She worries she'll lose one of them (especially her dad) again. Or that they don't love her. She worries she is not worthy of them more than the normal teenagers, and that mostly has to do with the things she went through. In this book, we saw how much of a strong girl Emily is in fact. Despite the young of her age, she was willing to gamble and play everything if there was at least one chance to save the people she loved, even if the waves took her life. Emily Windsnap is a collection of children’s fantasy books written by British author Liz Kessler and illustrated by Sarah Gibb. The series began in 2003 with the publication of The Tail of Emily Windsnap and its continuing as of 2019. The series traces its origin from a poem that Kessler wrote about a girl who lived on a boat but had a big secret. Kessler’s editor recommended that she turn the poem into a book. The main character in the series is Emily Windsnap, who’s a half mermaid. The genre of the book is fiction. It is fiction because it talks all about mermaids. I think that people who like fiction books and fantasy creatures would like this book. If you like mermaids then this would be a great book for you. If mermaids and mermen were real, then they would like this book as well. The purpose of the work is to get people to be more interested in mermaids if they are not already. Emily starts to wonder; could this be the reason why her mother never allowed her in the water, even though her family lives on a boat? And then, the lighthouse keeper starts acting strangely towards her, and Emily begins getting suspicious. Why is the lighthouse keeper always around? And why does her mom seem to forget what she had told her after Mr. Beeston’s visits? With some help from Shona, Emily starts aligning the clues together and what they find out changes her life forever. The main character went around her mom a lot during the story. Understandable in this case, but not my favorite theme.

The final straw for me was when the author described Emily's height. Would it really have been THAT hard for the author to look at a measuring tape before describing their 7th grade heroine as three feet eight inches tall? My first graders are taller than that! The mermaid culture was pretty cool. :D That’s pretty much what I read the book for, and it definitely didn’t disappoint! Their underground caverns, the descriptions of swimming, even Neptune’s court were all fantastic. All I can say to the author is to keep up the terrific work! I think that because I love this series so much, I might just consider buying some of her other books! Keep up the good work.I think that this book would be good for pre-teens, or maybe 10+. I think that the book is very good, but it has some complicated words and descriptions inside, so I think that it is better for the higher age-group. Review: Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret". Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal . Retrieved 4 September 2013.

Believe it or not, one of the most normal characters in this book was “Mystic Millie”, and while it was pretty clear that all her stuff was fake, there were many mentions of auras, reflexology, etc., and a “hypnosis” session on the main character. Emily was involved because her parents were from different worlds.Neptune and his wife were from different worlds too. So he banned that kind of marriage. She either had to be mermaid or human.She would loose her best friend, one of her parents, and one of her lives if she didn't find the other ring.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.