Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist

by Liz Kessler

Book Overview

The New York Times best-selling series "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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763638099
• ISBN13: 9780763638092
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Emily Windsnap and the castle in the Mist

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!!

A Happy Ending for Emily =0)

Yeah to Liz Kessler for wrapping up the story with the same sense of adventure and sweetness as the first two books. Love the seris, great for a sweet girl or anyone who loves the themes of adventure and the sea. Yeah for Emily and her happy ending. Happy Reading. =0)

great book

My grand daughter was so excited when she opened this gift from me that I knew I had done well(kids don't always get too excited when thye open gifts that are books these days). She had read the previous Emily Windsnap books so I thought that she may want to read it. If your girl is into mermaids she will like these books.

Wonderful Mermaid Fantasy

My daughter loved this whole series! She is 9 and really loves mermaids. This was perfect for her.

A great book, one that can be enjoyed on land or at sea

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