Happy Monday morning everyone! This week's suck-removing contest is a double dose of mermaid books for a slightly younger audience. I'm giving away a two pack that includes The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler and Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman.
For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep her away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery - about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering deep below the water's surface. With a sure sense of suspense and richly imaginative details, first-time author Liz Kessler lures us into a glorious undersea world where mermaids study shipwrecks at school and Neptune rules with an iron trident - an enchanting fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the convention-defying power of love.
Hailey and Claire are spending their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There in the depths is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken heart, a mermaid named Aquamarine who has left her family to search for true love on land. Now, as this mythological but very real being starts to fade in the hot August sun, a rescue begins
On the edge of growing up, Hailey and Claire learn that life can take an unpredictable course, that friendship can be forever, and that magic can be found in unexpected places.
Leave a comment to enter. Let me know if you dreamed of being a mermaid when you were a little girl (or a merman when you were a little boy) or if you wanted to be another kind of magical creature. (Facebook and Goodreads readers please click over to Blogger.)
Hugs,
TLC
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