This book was a very interesting read for a modern fantasy book. The story revolved around a young girl who has figured out that she is a mermaid. Wanting to find out about her life, she makes friends with another young mermaid and goes in search of her father who has been imprisoned by King Neptune for falling in love with a human. She finds out the Mr. Beeston her neighbor has been working for Neptune all along and has been drugging her mother all along to get her to forget about Emily's father. After Emily finally meets her father she is capture by Neptune's servants. Emily gives a heartwarming speech in court that turns the King into a compassionate leader who sets her and her family free if they go and live on a secret island where humans and mermaids both live together.
I thought that this would be a great book for students to read. I would use this in my classroom as a way to explore the children's imaginations. I would have them write their own modern fantasy story. I would try not to give them too much instruction on it just to see how large their imagination is, but this would of course be after they have already learned about modern fantasy and what types of stories fall into that category.
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