Then the onlooker would have wondered if they’d imagined the whole thing, because surely no one would go out on a night like this. Go, before it’s too late.”Ī moment later, the onlooker would have seen them part, each disappearing behind the hills and mountains of the raging sea. The wave washed the rest of her question away - but he knew what she was asking.
The woman thought about what she was leaving, and the pain of it slapped against her harder than the next wave. “The shell!” she thought she heard him say, and then he added something that sounded like, “There’s magic in it.” He pointed to the package he had just given her. “How?” she called, panic hitting her as hard as the waves that were now dragging them farther and farther apart. “I can’t hear you!” Leaning farther out, he added, “When it’s safe again, find me.” “What is it?” the woman called back, shouting to be heard over the thunderous waves. A man leaned out fro m his fishing boat, calling to a woman in the water below him. Waves foamed hungrily, like giant rabid dogs.Īnyone who knew about the sea knew that this meant one thing: Neptune was angry.Īnd anyone wild or crazy or brave enough to be out on such a night might have seen two figures in the distance, way out at sea, way beyond safe. On the water, the storm had turned swells into walls the size of skyscrapers. Rain splattered viciously down on the pavement. Sharp tunnels of wind whistled and shrieked around every corner. Visit us at It wasn’t a night for going out. Summary: When Neptune tells Emily and her merman father and human mother to return to Brightport to try to make merpeople and humans work more closely together, Emily faces problems with old enemies, her new, half-merfolk friend Aaron, and a mystery related to a group of legendary lost sirens. The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:Įmily Windsnap and the siren’s secret / Liz Kessler. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher. Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Natacha LedwidgeĬover illustration copyright © 2009 by Sarah GibbĪll rights reserved.
Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously. Everyone’s favorite half-mermaid is back with a splash in a sparkling new adventure her fans will be eager to get their fins on. Beeston, figuring out her feelings toward Aaron, and untangling a high-suspense mystery related to a group of legendary lost sirens. There are just a few snags for Emily, however, like dealing with old nemeses Mandy and Mr. Neptune’s mandate? No less than an interspecies intervention to bring merpeople and humans together, a task the imperious god feels the mixed Windsnap family is well suited for. But their idyll is cut short when Emily learns that the Windsnaps and friends must return to their old home in Brightport, where construction projects are threatening a secret mermaid community under the sea. Follow the siren call to Emily’s magical new adventure! Can the spunky half-mer girl pass Neptune’s test-and help humans and merpeople get along? (Ages 8-12) Emily Windsnap is finally enjoying a swimmingly peaceful life on Allpoints Island, hanging out with her mermaid BFF, Shona, and her new friend Aaron (half-merperson like herself ).
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