Wet Magic

by Edith Nesbit

Overview

When four siblings journey to the seashore for a holiday, one of them unwittingly summons the sister ofa mermaid who is captured by a circus, and the children set out to save the imprisoned being. After a daring midnight rescue, the children's reward is an incredible journey beneath the waves and into the hidden kingdom of the mermaids.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781981524587
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/08/2017
Pages:	142
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Edith Nesbit (London, August 15, 1858 - May 4, 1924) was an English writer and poet. Minor of six brothers, traveled by England, Spain and France. He married at age 21 with Hubert Bland, with whom he had five children. He founded the Fabian Society. She was one of the first women to smoke in public. He died of lung cancer. He wrote terror, romance, poetry, socialist propaganda, plays and reviews.
He is known mainly for his books for children full of humor and with an innovative style that, sometimes, it develops the adventures of the protagonists in an ordinary reality with magical elements.
Edith Nesbit's novels were often a source of inspiration for other children's writers such as C.S. Lewis, the writer of The Chronicles of Narnia; J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter saga; Diana Wynne Jones; P. L. Travers; And Edward Eager