If that sounds a little strange, that's because it is.
Actually, the author, Liz Kessler, makes you about as comfortable with the concept as possible, which is a good thing, since this is, after all, a children's book.
It turns out that the title character is the child of a merman and a human mother. I guess this book is for young children who don't ask too many questions...? But it feels like a book for 3rd or 4th graders, so I think they just might wonder how such a union is possible.
Apparently the original book (the only one I read) was popular enough to create more of them. I have no inclination to read any of them though.
For me, there was way too much showing, versus telling, in the story. And there were a lot of rhetorical questions. Paraphrasing from memory...Will she make it? Would she fit through? How was it possible? Why didn't she remember? Who did he think he was?...Ya know what I mean?
I don't highly recommend this series, but I guess it works for some (girls). I can't see boys wanting to read these. If Charlotte's Web is a 10, then Emily Windsnap is a 4.
