Helen Dunmore captures the magical appeal of the Cornish coast in Ingo, says Philip Ardagh. Buy Ingo First Edition by Helen Dunmore (ISBN: ) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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.
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At first Faro and Elvira do not help, but then realize how brave Sapphire and Ingi are so they help them. And lastly, without spoiling anything, let me say that the ending is the typical 1st-book-in-a-trilogy ending, in as much as it sucked. Post was not sent – check your email addresses!
Others say Saph is dreamy to the point of no tolerance. Ingo was a brilliant novel, being the first mermaid fictional novel I have actually ever read!
The Ingo series by Helen Dunmore
Dunnmore features Sapphire Trewhella also known as Saph or Sapphy. On the negative side, I found this book very slow, and only rarely gr Short-form review: Against their mother’s orders, she and her brother Connor Ingo follows the life and secrets revolving around a girl named Sapphire and her love for the sea.
The problem is that Ingo also wants to be an adventure book about exciting fun times under the ocean, and you really can’t have those themes co-exist in one novel. Sapphire and Conor live in a small beachside house, a I’ve never read a book that painted a picture as well as Ingo did. For Your Family Log in Sign me up. Ingo is no exception. To accept that a man who knew “every wrinkle of the coast” has been taken by the sea is impossible.
Something fishy
She has, for reasons that are never fully made clear, totally bought heelen the idea that her father isn’t dead, he just left them without a trace. If you buy your child this book, I can guarantee they will love it forever.
I have basically nothing to dujmore about, which, if you have read any of my other reviews, is a rarity. Nov 07, Isabella rated it liked it.
Ingo Book Review
A boy swears but all we see is: So is Harry potter! Sapphy is a plucky, smart young girl with a temper. When one day Sapphy cannot find Conor, she fears that he has disappeared just like her father.
She is literally under some kind of spell, and must work hard to resist it. Personalize Common Sense for your family. The star rating reflects overall quality and learning potential. Is it any good? Her brother, worried Sapphire will “disappear,” takes her to the wise Granny Carne, who imparts her knowledge about Sapphire and Connor’s Mer inheritance.
Sapphire becomes extremely connected to Ingo, far more than her brother Connor, and soon finds out that, though it is a beautiful, interesting place to be, there are dangers there too.
I also completed two novels; fortunately neither survives, and it was more than ten years before I wrote another novel. We display the minimum age for which content is developmentally appropriate. Others say Conor is annoying along with Sapphy, in many cases. This book had a way of making a young girl feel much older, as though your desires of being a mermaid would surpass the age of 12 and carry on for many years.
Though the first in a series, this book works perfectly as a standalone title, with a satisfying resolution but enough left hanging in the air to make the characters and situations live on in the reader’s mind. I know I know. What parents need to know Parents need to know that there are some scary situations none graphic and kids deal with the loss of a parent.
And it wasn’t rushed too. It is just a nice book to read in one go. He’s a typically laid-back, sweet and kind brother who loves his sister so much, he’s angry beyond belief his sister keeps on hanging out with people of Ingo rather than those of Air.
User Reviews Parents say Kids say. The strained relationship with her mother is very well done and realistic heelen being totally hostile– the Pretty much perfect. Like the sea itself, these beings can sometimes be calm and beautiful, sometimes angry and awesome. Notify me inog new comments via email. Are you looking for a perfect character?
She also remembers that her father told her and Conor to never ever go near them and that it was dangerous. Und an diesem Strand treffen sie aufeinander.
You almost want to reach into the book and give her a good shake everytime she talks about her life on Earth being fuzzy and far away, but she always comes back to it, and realizes the danger and importance of Ingo vs. But, in order to survive, their mother decides – or, more accurately, circumstances dictate – that life must go inggo.
First of all just look at this cover! Her mother is forced to work all the time at her waitressing job and, consequently, her older brother Conor and Sapphy spend much time by themselves. Parents need to know that there are some scary situations none graphic and kids deal with the loss of a parent. There are also some awkward moments.
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