![]() ‘Can you keep a secret? I know everyone has secrets but mine’s different. So I thought about it, scratched my head, went ‘hmmm’ for a bit…and then got to work! And that's how The Tail of Emily Windsnap came about! She sent it to her editor, who suggested I try turning it into a novel instead of a poem. ![]() I worked on the poem for a few weeks and sent it to a good friend and very special writing-buddy, Lee Weatherly, who liked it very much. Which was all very well, but it didn't quite float.… One day, I was sitting at home staring into space (a very important part of any writer's life) and a couple of lines came into my head, which I quickly scribbled down.… For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. ![]() My first book actually started out as a poem. 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. ![]() Written by Liz Kessler and published by Candlewick Press, this is the story of a young girl who makes a discovery about herself the moment she is first immersed in water which happens to be in her seventh grade gym class. The first Emily Windsnap book, in which Emily has her first swimming lesson and accidentally discovers that when she goes in water she becomes a mermaid… About The Tail of Emily Windsnap On the one hand, The Tail of Emily Windsnap is one of the more imaginative tales I have ever read. ![]() The Tail of Emily Windsnap Emily Book 1 Buy (UK) Buy (US) ![]()
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