Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist [Import] [Paperback]

Liz Kessler (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Orion (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842555642
• ISBN-13: 978-1842555644
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,166,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Liz Kessler used to live in Manchester but had taken a year off to travel around Europe in a camper van. She studied English at Loughborough University, has worked as a teacher and a journalist and has an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantasy Must-Read For All Preteens!, December 22, 2011

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist (Paperback)

Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist by Liz Kessler is a fantasy must-read for all preteens! It starts when the main character, Emily Windsnap, finds a beautiful diamond ring buried in the sand, so she puts it on... but then she can't take it off! It becomes a burden (it's cursed and magical), and King Neptune, the king of the sea, is not happy (more like infuriated) with Emily... Read the book to find out why he's so angry with her. Since he is so angry, he sets a curse on her which will result in her never seeing one of her parents again... can she stop the curse?

I just LOVED this book. LOVED it. It was very mysterious and interesting. When Emily was trying to get the other ring, and she was trying to swim to Shona, I was so interested that the real world faded away and I was pulled into the story, not thinking about one other thing besides the book (Seriously!)! When Ms. Kessler was describing the ocean and surroundings, she did a great job, too.

When a book is by Liz Kessler, you know it's going to be great! She always has an interesting fantasy story to tell, whether it's about a mermaid or a fairy or time-traveling. This one happens to be about a mermaid, and it is the third book in the series. Liz Kessler is a great author from England, and she is a very popular author of children's fantasy stories. Never stop writing! :)

Kristina Cardoza

Children's Book Author

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Emily Windsnap and the castle in the Mist, September 29, 2009

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist (Paperback)

i thought this was the best book i have ever read!! It is amazing!! I would recomend this book the all young girls!! An amazing fantasy book!!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, one that can be enjoyed on land or at sea, June 5, 2007

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KidsReads (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist (Hardcover)

EMILY WINDSNAP AND THE CASTLE IN THE MIST is the third installment in Liz Kessler's continuing saga of Emily and her friends and family in their half-ocean, half-earthly community.

Emily is a perky kid who enjoys being a mermaid, although her mother seems to be having a difficult time reconciling the fact that Emily's more academic studies have been put aside for her mermaid studies --- oceanography and underwater hairstyling. The ever-widening chasm between the lives she shares with each of her parents starts to cause a rift between them, and Emily fears they will break up.

But then King Neptune, still angered from the loss of his only intermarriage with a human, learns that Emily has uncovered the diamond ring he gave to his beloved so long ago --- which he had hoped would never surface again. As a result, he decides to ban intermarriage between merpeople and humans and curses the offspring of such unions. Emily is forced to become either fully human or a complete sea creature, thus ensuring that one of her parents would be lost to her forever. Can Emily possibly locate the other missing ring that will break all the curses? Is there anyone who can help her save the day before it's too late?

This is a complex story with deepening questions about love and its meanings, anger and its consequences, redemption and hope for the future --- all good things couched in a lushly detailed story about underwater life that should capture the attention and hearts of girls who love adventurous, romantic tales encased in charming fantasy elements.

EMILY WINDSNAP AND THE CASTLE IN THE MIST is a great book, one that can be enjoyed on land or at sea and certainly raises the bar on mermaid stories for young girls.

--- Reviewed by Jana Siciliano