Ingo

INGO

By:  Helen Dunmore

FIRST SENTENCE

“You’ll find the mermaid of Zennor inside Zennor Church, if you know where to look.”

SUMMARY
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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 towards the sea.  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.

REVIEW

I love reading mermaid books.  There are not very many of them, so I cherish the few that I can get my hands (and eyes) on.  Ingo is no exception.

Ingo is the name of the magical underwater world where the mermaids (and mermen) live.  You don’t see much of it in the book, but the descriptions that are in there, are amazing.  I am betting there is more detail about this amazing world in the next book.

This book is told from Sapphire’s point of view.  She is spunky and loyal to her brother, Conor.  I was also really happy about her decision near the end of the book – but I’m going to spoil it for you. 

The merpeople were not very fond of humans – even humans who had a bit of mer in their history.  At first the merpeople seem really mean.  But then, when I realized it was because the humans were ruining the merpeople’s underwater world, I sort of took their side in the struggle.

If you are a mermaid fan like I am, then you will enjoy Ingo.

RATING

4        Plot

3        Characters

4        Attention Grabbing

4        Girlie Meter

4        Ending

19      TOTAL

4        STARS