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Emily Windsnap
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Series Order:
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep
Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist
Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret
Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun
Emily Windsnap and the Ship of Lost Souls
Emily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island
Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince
Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time
Author Liz Kessler
Illustrator Sarah Gibb, Natacha Ledwidge
Cover artist Sarah Gibb
Country United Kingdom
Genre Fiction
Publisher Orion Children's Books; Candlewick Press (US)
Published 2003–present
Media type Print (paperback), ebook, audiobook
No. of books 9 in the main series

Emily 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. It is illustrated primarily by Sarah Gibb and published by Orion Children's Books in Britain, and Candlewick Press in America. 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.

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.

Summary

Emily Windsnap lives aboard a boat with her mother. 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. 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. 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. On the way she makes friends with a teen mermaid named Shona Silkfin who invites her into the merworld under the sea. 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. Emily and Shona embark on an epic adventure to find her father and unite her family.

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