Emily Windsnap And The Monster From The Deep
by
Kessler, Liz
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Annotation: Reunited with her merman father and now living on an island located in the Bermuda Triangle, twelve-year-old Emily accidentally awakens the fearsome kraken and also faces a bully from her past.
Catalog Number:
#3240
Details
Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Copyright:
2004
Illustrator:
Gibb, Sarah,
Pages:
211 p.
Available:
Yes
ISBN:
0-7636-3301-1
Dewey:
F
LCCN:
2005-054261
Dimensions:
20 cm.
Binding Type:
Perma-Bound
Subject Heading:
Bullies. Fiction, Monsters. Fiction, Mermaids. Fiction, Neptune (Roman deity). Fiction
Language:
english
Reviewing Agencies:
ALA Booklist, Horn Book, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal
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Word Count:
42,761
Reading Level:
3.7
Interest Level:
4-7
Accelerated Reader:
reading level: 3.7
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points: 6.0
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quiz: 107134
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grade: MG
Reading Counts!:
reading level: 2.9
/
points:12.0
Lexile:
570
Reunited with her merman father and now living on an island located in the Bermuda Triangle, twelve-year-old Emily accidentally awakens the fearsome kraken and also faces a bully from her past. An enchanting tale with a fabulous monster, engaging characters, plenty of mermaid magic, and a page-turning story, Liz Kessler's new middle-grade fantasy has all the charm and warmth of its predecessor, THE TAIL OF EMILY WINDSNAP. Picture an island set in a glittering blue sea, sparkling with white sand and palm trees, a secret place where humans and merfolk live together and where a girl who grows a mermaid's tail when she enters the water is not considered a problem. To Emily Windsnap - half mermaid, half human - her new home is perfect. That is, until Emily ruins everything by waking a legendary sea monster known as the Kraken from its hundred-year sleep. As the Kraken rises from the deep, putting the future of the islanders in jeopardy, Emily makes a desperate attempt to save them. But how could she have dreamed that her best friend, Shona, would stop talking to her, or that Mandy Rushton, her old enemy from junior high, would turn up when least expected?
ALA Booklist
"The daughter of a woman and a merman, Emily is a girl on land and a mermaid in the water. Now the family lives on Allpoints Island, safe from the curious inquiries of humans and accepted by the merpeople community. In this sequel to The Tail of Emily Windsnap (2004), our heroine?s insatiable curiosity lands her in hot water. While investigating a mysterious lagoon smack in the middle of the ocean, Emily inadvertently rouses the dreaded monster Kracken. A vengeful Neptune, king of the ocean realm, visits the merpeople to express outrage at this turn of events: the Kracken was not supposed to awaken for another eight years, and now destruction threatens the island colony. Emily needs to fess up to her deed and take on the responsibility of calming the creature, a task rife with complications. High-action adventure, a plucky protagonist, and whimsical illustrations enliven this sea fantasy, which will be most thoroughly appreciated by series followers."
School Library Journal
Gr 4-6-Emily is ecstatic. In The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Candlewick, 2004), she learns that she is a mermaid and reunites her human mother with her merman father. Now, the happy family is going to live together on an island smack dab in the center of the Bermuda Triangle. King Neptune himself has designated Allpoints Island as a safe place where humans and merfolk can coexist in peace. Even better, Emily's mermaid buddy Shona is moving to the island as well. Unfortunately, Emily is still feeling a little different as she is the only half-human/ hybrid she knows. In an attempt to impress the others, she unwittingly unleashes a monster sleeping at the heart of the island. To put it to rest, she must now face not only her fears but also her old rival from middle school, Mandy Rushton. Constantly shying away from taking responsibility for her actions, Emily opts for the path of least resistance time and again, only stopping the murderous kraken when forced to do so. The book comes across as overly simplistic much of the time and relies too heavily on coincidence and some unbelievably cheery endings. Just the same, mermaid lovers everywhere will undoubtedly enjoy this story. Consider purchase if the first book is popular.-Elizabeth Bird, New York Public Library Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Horn Book
In this sequel to The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Emily wakes an undersea monster, threatening the world's safety and her family's happiness. Despite an imaginative setup, Kessler's story of mermaid peer pressure and pre-teen friendship is unengaging. Emily's motives are too shallow to elicit sympathy, her problems too simple to build interest. Black-and-white spot art illustrates each chapter.