• The Tail of Emily Windsnap

  • By: Liz Kessler
  • Narrated by: Finty Williams
  • Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (270 ratings)

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The Tail of Emily Windsnap

By: Liz Kessler
Narrated by: Finty Williams
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Publisher's summary

For as long as she can remember, 12-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep 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, about the mysterious father she's never met, and about the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering deep below the water's surface.

With a sure sense of suspense and richly imaginative details, first-time author Liz Kessler lures us into a glorious world where mermaids study shipwrecks at school and Neptune rules with an iron trident; it's an enchanting fantasy about family secrets, loyal friendship, and the convention-defying power of love.

©2004 Liz Kessler (P)2004 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Critic reviews

"This fantasy has some delightful moments." (School Library Journal)
"The premise of someone slipping easily into a shimmery underwater world has considerable allure. Light, imagination-tickling fare ideal for middle-grade girls." (Booklist)

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I LOVE it

It is amazing!! I hope everyone who reads it will love it to! It's also very long:)

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pretty good

What made the experience of listening to The Tail of Emily Windsnap the most enjoyable?

This is my first time using audio books. It did make a few of word mistakes. But over all I thought it helped me so now what I need for my project. We are comparing real mermaids and fake mermaids.

Love,
Hannah Espinola

P.S.
We have discovered that mermaids
may still be living on earth.

What did you like best about this story?

How Emily did whatever she had to do to find her dad.

Have you listened to any of Finty Williams’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not so I do not know the answer to that question.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When there were hammer head sharks were guarding the MERMAID prison when all sharks
eat mermaids.

Any additional comments?

I thought it was a really good book.

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Beautiful

Both my daughter and I have listened to this beautifully written story over and over again. It’s the book we turn to when we need comfort, a smile or just a good story. My daughter grew up with this book. She has pretended to be Emily and Shona when she was 5 years old and now at 12, the same age as Emily and Shona, she can practically recite the book. This story is a tale of a girl who didn’t really fit in anywhere until she found out she was a mermaid and suddenly found her tribe and became braver than she ever knew she could be.
Finty Williams is an absolutely incredible narrator. I’ve listened to her perform both childrens and adult novels and she is incredible at everything she does. She is one of the most versatile narrators I’ve ever heard.
This book is absolutely worth the credit! I hope you and your family love it as much as mine!
Happy listening!

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the rescue of Jack windsnap

loved it but the narrating got some words wrong yeah but good story thank you

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Lush setting, engaging story!

While the story is simple and the characters basic, this young adult novel is a promising start to a series about mermaids that captures the whimsy of fantasy without neglecting some darker elements of the mermaid/siren mythos. I look forward to starting the next book and hope to be introduced to more of the world.

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I love mermaids

I loved this book so much because I love mermaids. They way they move and sing is just so amazing and I think the next reader will like it to.

By Isaac!

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Loved it

I loved it great book really
I think that I will buy the next book since this one was great

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Really cute mystery

I only got this book for my sons book report and although neither of us were thrilled to read a mermaid book it was actually pretty cute with a kid mystery to it

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Shona

I don’t like the voice of the lighthouse keeper.
And the narrator is not very good….

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Great book

I loved it! This book itself is good i havent read the other ones i wonder how they are? (Review from my 6 year old)

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