The Tail Of Emily Windsnap By Liz Kessler

The book I have chosen for my book report is ‘The Tail of Emily Windsnap’. I chose this book because I love mermaids and fairy tales a lot. On the back of the book, it said, “Here’s my secret: I figured out that I am a mermaid.” I thought, ‘How could someone not know that they are a mermaid? I have to read this to find out.’ I love the blue seas. On the back I saw more of Liz Kessler’s books with catchy titles.

The author of this book is Liz Kessler. Liz Kessler has worked as a journalist and a teacher. She loved to encourage other children to write and loved writing herself. She has lived in a boat and a motorboat. She is now in beautiful Cornwall, England. She loves dogs. She likes pastel shades and the color of the sea. She loves to read
her own, published books like the Emily Windsnap books and ‘Read Me Like A Book’.

The characters in this book are Emily Windsnap, Her mom, Shona, Mr.
Beeston, Bob, Millie, and Julia. The title of this book is ‘The Tail of Emily Windsnap’. At the beginning, Emily goes swimming and gets a weird feeling on her legs like someone is tying her legs together. The protagonist of the story is Emily Windsnap.

The plot is that Emily finds her inner mermaid. The person who tries to help her is the hypnotist, Millie. The hinder is Emily herself, because she tries not to be hypnotized. The settings of this story are the school and in Emily’s house (boat). At the end, she says bye to normal school and joins a mermaid school.

The title of this story is ‘They Tail of Emily Windsnap’. I chose this book to do my report on because I loved to read about fantasy and mermaids. ‘The Tail of Emily Windsnap’ is a fantasy story. It tells about mermaids. It is a really well-written story that any age group would love to
read.

The theme of the story is how you shouldn’t be scared of anything. The setting is in the sea, at school, and in her house (boat). The plot of the story is that Emily goes swimming at school for P.E., and feels something wrong with her feet. She tells her mom and her mom says that just like her mom, Emily has a fear of water. Her mom takes her to a hypnotist and Emily thinks that is not the problem, so she fake sleeps when the hypnotist tells her to sleep. She goes back into the water the next day and looks at her feet with a beautiful blue cloth and a tail. She is a mermaid!

The characters in the story are Emily, her mom, Shone, Mr. Beeston, Bob, Millie, and Julia. Emily is the main character. The protagonist of the story was Emily Windsnap because she was a mermaid without knowing. Millie the hypnotist tries to hinder Emily to get rid of the fear of swimming, but Emily lives through it and Millie fails to hypnotize her.

I liked the story a lot because it was a fantasy story and told about Emily. It tells about her story of how she got to know about her tail. I love the way they said that Shona went to a “mermaid school”. ↑ The author, Liz Kessler used many descriptive words. I liked the story because I love fantasy books, especially if they are about fairies, mermaids, or seas. Overall, it was a fun story and made me laugh at some points.

The best part of the book was when, at the beginning, Emily went to the hypnotist, Millie.
On page 27, it said, “I was wide awake! I’d done it-Hooray! Millie was a phony!” It made me laugh when she said that. It made me laugh because I already knew that all hypnotists were fake. Sometimes, they just can’t hypnotize people.

The story was touching when she found out she was a mermaid. Except for, at one point, I felt scared when on page 7, it said, “One minute, I was swimming along like a flying fish. The next, my legs suddenly seized up. It felt as though somebody had glued my thighs together..!” I felt bad because I thought she was hurt.

I felt happy when her mom wanted to help her solve her problem by taking her to a hypnotist. Her mom wanted to help her fight her fears. Then, after I got to know that Emily faked through it, I felt sad. I felt sad because it meant she didn’t trust her mom. Also, I felt bad when she didn’t go swimming after the ‘accident’, even though she had an urge to.

I would recommend this book to my friends. Why? I would recommend it because I was sure many of them would like it - except for the ones who hate fantasy. Actually, I didn’t choose this book on my own. My friend had told me that she loved this book and that I should read it. It was a really touching book and was really fun to read and do a book report
on.

I would read all the other books by this author. I am hoping to finish the whole series by the end of the year. I love the way Liz Kessler, the author, uses descriptive words. I love the catchy titles she uses for all of her books. There are seven other books in the Emily Windsnap series and Liz Kessler thinks they are all her favorites.

From this book, I learned that not all fantasy books are fictional. They can help us more information about nonfiction and knowledge, too. I learned about how Emily found her inner self. I also learned about what the author liked to write about and what she wrote about. It was a very fun story.

My opinion about this book is that I would recommend it to others. I would tell them to start with this book and move on to the rest of the series. Also, I would tell them to read all of Liz Kessler’s other books and check out her website. The most important thing I want you to know is that this is a great book for people who love fantasy and adventure. I loved this book.