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Ingo by Helen Dunmore

Ingo

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Helen Dunmore

HarperCollins · Ebook · January 29, 2008

A whisper on the tide Sapphire's father mysteriously vanishes into the waves off the Cornwall coast where her family has always lived.

YA FantasyYA Mythical Creature StoriesMyths & Legends for Teens
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Who it’s for
A coastal mystery blends longing and magic with the pull of an underwater kingdom.
Themes
Longing and family loss, Mystery, Magic and the sea
Genres
YA Mythical Creature Stories, YA Fantasy, Myths & Legends for Teens

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About this book

A whisper on the tide Sapphire's father mysteriously vanishes into the waves off the Cornwall coast where her family has always lived. She misses him terribly, and she longs to hear his spellbinding tales about the Mer, who live in the underwater kingdom of Ingo. Perhaps that is why she imagines herself being pulled like a magnet toward the sea.

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But when her brother, Conor, starts disappearing for hours on end, Sapphy starts to believe she might not be the only one who hears the call of the ocean. In a novel full of longing, mystery, and magic, Helen Dunmore takes us to a new world that has the power both to captivate and to destroy.

Called by the Sea

A coastal mystery blends longing and magic with the pull of an underwater kingdom.

Come here for

  • A sea-haunted mystery with family at its heart
  • Magic shaped by the ocean’s strange allure

Expect

  • Longing alongside an unsettled sense of wonder
  • A world with power to captivate and destroy

Where it sits

YA Fantasy79%
Myths & Legends for Teens58%
YA Mythical Creature Stories38%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Adventure
  • YA Fantasy
  • Europe for Teens
Authors
Helen Dunmore
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
January 29, 2008
Format
Ebook
Theme
Longing and family loss · Mystery · Magic and the sea
Reading lane
YA Adventure