Wet Magic

by Edith Nesbit

Overview

When four siblings journey to the seashore for a holiday, one of them unwittingly summons the sister of a 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. But they soon find themselves in a race against time as they struggle to prevent a war and save their new underwater companions! Here is a triumphant tale by one of the finest storytellers to ever write for children, and a pioneer of fantasy literature for this age group.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627937368
Publisher:	Start Classics
Publication date:	11/21/2013
Series:	Unabridged Start Classics
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	125
File size:	438 KB
Age Range:	6 - 18 Years

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