{"product_id":"the-tail-of-emily-windsnap-9781536230482","title":"The Tail of Emily Windsnap","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe enchanting first tale in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling series is now available in a beautiful twentieth-anniversary edition poised to captivate a new generation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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 anxiously kept Emily 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. In a lovely twentieth-anniversary edition of the spellbinding fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the convention-defying power of love, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author Liz Kessler lures us into a glorious undersea world where mermaids study shipwrecks at school and Neptune rules with an iron trident. This deluxe unjacketed hardcover features a ribbon bookmark, decorative stained edges, an author's note, facts about mermaids, and a personality quiz to reveal what kind of sea creature the reader might be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiz Kessler lives in England, and has worked as a teacher, journalist, and editorial consultant. She says she first knew she wanted to become a writer at the age of nine, when she had a poem published in a local newspaper. \u003ci\u003eThe Tail of Emily Windsnap\u003c\/i\u003e, her first children's book, grew out of a poem she wrote about a mermaid.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607989162258,"sku":"9781536230482","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad51132b-55a1-49ef-add9-619e3ee62190.jpg?v=1732316589","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-tail-of-emily-windsnap-9781536230482","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}