![]() ![]() Can I She communicated withthe kraken just with. With a mermaid tail and an entire ocean awaiting her, Emily is eager to meet new friends and swim off on big adventures in this inviting new series for the younger set, based on the best-selling middle-grade series by Liz Kessler. Maybe I don't have toany more.Icould change this, do something good. Welcome to Emily’s Big Discovery, the first in a sparkling, charmingly illustrated series of readers. She gets that weird feeling again, but this time she looks down to see that her legs are gone-replaced by a shiny, beautiful tail! Eager to figure out what’s happening, Emily later dives into the sea. ![]() For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. ![]() Standing beside the pool, she feels the water calling her, but when she jumps in, she gets a strange, kind of scary sensation. The New York Times best-selling series A young girl learns she’s half mermaid and plunges into a scheme to reunite with her father in this entrancing, satisfying tale that beckons readers far below the waves. But it’s hard to make friends at the beach when everyone else is having fun in the waves! So when swimming lessons start at school, Emily is excited to finally have the chance to learn. Her mother has always cautioned her to stay out of the water. Introducing an exciting new line of readers that brings half-mermaid Emily Windsnap-star of the New York Times best-selling series-to a younger audience.Įven though she lives in a houseboat, Emily Windsnap doesn’t know how to swim. By Liz Kessler, Joanie Stone (Illustrated by) ![]()
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