"an Easy Sell To Girls Looking For A Friendship Story With More Than A Touch Of Make-believe." — Kirkus Reviews

when Emily Windsnap Discovers An Old Diamond Ring During A Class Hunt For Trinkets, How Is She Supposed To Know That The Ring Is Half The Key To Unlocking An Ancient Curse By Neptune Himself? Now, With The Ring Stuck Firmly On Her Hand, Emily Finds Herself Under A New Curse: In Just A Few Days, She’ll Cease To Be Half-human And Half-mermaid And Must Say Good-bye To One Of Her Parents Forever. Can She Possibly Find The Other Missing Ring That Will Break All The Curses? Is There Anyone Who Can Help Her — Before It’s Too Late?

children’s Literature

it Is Hard Being Half-mermaid And Half-human, As Emily Windsnap Knows All Too Well. Her Parents Have Recently Reunited, But Are Having Trouble Reconciling Their Different Worlds. Emily’s Mother Worries That All Emily Learns At Mermaid School Are Things Like Hair Braiding And Nothing Like Mathematics. But When Emily Finds A Mysterious Ring, Her Troubles Have Just Begun. The Ring Once Belonged To King Neptune And He Wants It Back. The Ring, However, Cannot Be Removed, So King Neptune Curses Emily To Be Neither Human Nor Mermaid. Emily Must Find Another Ring To Break The Curse And Return Her Body To Its Natural State. With The Help From Some Old Friends And Some New Faces, Emily Seeks The Ring That Holds Her Fate And The Fate Of All Half-human, Half-mer People. The Story Is A Strange Mix Of Whimsical And Serious Fantasy That Does Not Entirely Work. Kessler Tries For A Deeper Social Commentary, But The Outcome Is So Predictable That Her Lesson Gets Lost In The Cliche. Still, Emily Is An Entertaining Figure, And The Threat To Her Way Of Life Will Keep The Reader Hooked To The End.

Publish Date : 2008-03-11T00:00:01Z