The Ingo Chronicles
Helen Dunmore
Harper Collins Children's
Books
5 February 2012/ISBN-13: 9780007424924
Teen / Fantasy / Cornwall, England
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by Rachel A Hyde
Fourteen-year-old Morveren and her twin sister Jenna live on an
island off the coast of Cornwall. After a storm she finds an injured
boy lying in a pool of water in a cave; but when she goes to help
him she discovers that he has a tail instead of legs. Malin is a
Mer boy, and wants to get back to his own people. Her sister has
other ideas, but Morveren is about to have the adventure of her
life
This is the fifth adventure in the popular YA series of Ingo stories
and introduces a new cast of characters. Teenage (and older tweenage)
girls will enjoy the story of the human girl looking after the beautiful
merboy; an interesting addition to the current trend for paranormal
romances. As I live in the West Country I particularly enjoyed Morveren's
first person descriptions of Cornwall, which are spot-on and bring
the place to life. Apart from the lyrical fantasy this is very much
a story about relationships: the two sisters' fluctuating feelings
about one another, the sisters and their much younger brother, Morveren
and Malin, Jenna and Bran and the humans with the Mer. It is also
a story with music threaded through it that is sure to appeal to
those with an interest in music; in short, something for quite a
range of people. Enjoyably different.
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