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Book Review: Quest of the Mermaid Princess

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Quest of the Mermaid Princess by Lee Watts

Quest of the Mermaid Princess
by Lee Watts

4 out of 5 stars

Angelique is secretly a mermaid, abandoned as a baby in an orphanage on land. She has never seen another mermaid and avoids salt water so that she doesn’t transform into a mermaid. Although Angelique grew up working as a servant, but hopes to get a job as a handmaiden to the queen and find a true home. She rescues a little otter and names him Dash, and he becomes her faithful pet. Captain Tarren commands a rowdy group of privateers, and tells Angelique of treasures to be found in the ocean that could make her rich, so she decides to venture into the coastal waters and test her abilities as a mermaid. But dark magic and danger await her in the ocean depths, and Angelique is pursued by an evil witch!

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Book Review: The Tail of Emily Windsnap

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The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler

The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Emily Windsnap, #1)
by Liz Kessler, Sarah Gibb (Illustrator)

4 out of 5 stars

Emily has never been in the water. Her mother is afraid of the water, so she has kept Emily out of any swim classes or pool parties. But finally, Emily is allowed to go to a swim class at school! She is swimming well for the first few seconds, until her feet start to fuse together, cramping up. She gets out of the pool before anyone notices, but then decides to experiment on her own by going swimming in the ocean. She discovers that she can transform into a mermaid, and there is a whole community of mermaids living in secret far out to sea. But why is her mother so afraid of the water? And where is Emily’s father? He left them when Emily was a baby, but is there a deeper secret behind his leaving?

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