Liz Kessler
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 3
Formats
Description
When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
272 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Neptune, King of the ocean, sends half-mermaids Emily and Aaron to the land of the midnight sun to investigate the source of the dangerous storms brewing in the ocean.
Author
Series
Philippa Fisher volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
274 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
Philippa Fisher is just your average 11-year-old. But that changes when Daisy, her fairy godsister, enters her life.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 4
Formats
Description
When Neptune tells Emily and her merman father and human mother to return to Brightport to try to make merpeople and humans work more closely together, Emily faces problems with old enemies, her new, half-merfolk friend Aaron, and a mystery related to a group of legendary lost sirens.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
219 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Description
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.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 7
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 20-21 cm
Description
Follows twelve-year-old Emily who, finding herself swept up in an ancient prophecy, is conflicted by her promise to her best friend, Shona, and her desire to save the islands inhabitants
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 6
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
A field trip to a mysterious island quickly turns into an adventure when Emily Windsnap and Aaron discover a secret lookout point from which they spot a ghostly ship that no one else seems to be able to see. The ship appears and disappears only at certain times of day growing fainter each time. Searching for answers only leads to more questions until Emily and her friends confront the island s keeper, uncovering the incredible story of a ship caught...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Manifesting an ability to become invisible, Jessica, along with her best friend Izzy, organizes a band of fellow students who also demonstrate supernatural abilities only to be targeted by an unscrupulous adult.
Author
Series
Philippa Fisher volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
274 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Description
Philippa and her fairy godsister, Daisy, are asked by the High Counsel to go on a fantastic journey together to find a missing fairy and preserve the portals that connect the fairy and human realms.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 8
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
273 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Traveling home by cruise ship should be a relaxing break after Emily's latest adventure, but things take a turn when the ship is overtaken by a pirate king and his crew. After the pirates collect everyone's riches, they steal something even more valuable: Aaron. The pirate king's eldest son takes Aaron captive, forcing him to help guide the pirates to the mythical Trident's Treasure. So Emily dives into action and joins the younger son's crew in hopes...
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 9
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
264 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
When Emily makes a wish on a magic stone, she gets a glimpse of what the future holds -- and it's a disaster! She tries to make things right, but each trip through time takes Emily to a future where things turn out badly for either the humans of Brightport or the merpeople of Shiprock. Plastic pollutes the ocean, garbage overflows the landfills, and the two towns are no longer getting along. Emily realizes she can't save her hometown and the ocean...
Author
Series
World of Emily Windsnap volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
56 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
When his trident pendant is stolen, Aaron embarks on a high-seas adventure, along with his best friends Emily Windsnap and Shona Silkfin, to retrieve it, learning the royal meaning behind this keepsake, which changes everything.
Author
Series
World of Emily Windsnap volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Emily Windsnap's best friend, Shona Silkfin, is a mermaid who loves to sing . . . but only when she is by herself. So when Shiprock School announces a talent show whose winner will have the honor of meeting King Neptune, everyone is excited to perform--except Shona, who is too nervous to sign up. But when Emily overhears her friend singing, she's amazed by Shona's beautiful voice. With Emily's encouragement, Shona decides to enter the talent show--and...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When Miss Murray takes over her English class, mediocre student Ashleigh Walker feels an urge to try harder and give her best, and before she knows it she is in love, so strong nothing can distract her from it.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
viii, 337 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Vienna. 1936. Three young friends?Leo, Elsa, and Max?spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped apart from one another. With their lives taking them across Europe?to Germany, England, Prague, and Poland?will they ever find their way back to one another? Will they want to?"--Dust jacket.
Author
Description
Eine kraftvolle, herzzerreißende und unvergessliche Geschichte
Wien, 1936. Die drei Freunde Leo, Elsa und Max verbringen einen perfekten Tag im Prater. Vom Riesenrad aus betrachtet scheint die ganze Welt ihnen zu gehören. Doch bald darauf versinkt diese Welt um sie herum in Dunkelheit und der Krieg reißt sie grausam auseinander. In dieser Zeit der Angst und Verfolgung ist nicht sicher, wer von ihnen überleben wird.
Inspiriert durch die Geschichte...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
Description
While helping her father empty her beloved grandmother's house, 13-year-old Liv finds an old chest that reveals Oma's involvement in the Dutch resistance during WWII and learns what it means to be brave and go above and beyond to offer someone else a lifeof dignity, happiness and freedom.