Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun

by Liz Kessler

King Neptune is having nightmares about something terrible that threatens his kingdom. He sends Emily and Aaron, who are both half mer-people, on a mission to the Land of the Midnight Sun to prevent impending disaster.

Beneath the icy landscape, Emily and Aaron discover a strange frozen world of mer-people, including an icy Neptune. But as he thaws with the aid of a magic crystal, they realise this is in fact an evil imposter planning destruction. Emily and Aaron must act in order to save the world and their king, risking terrible danger as they do so.

This warm and magical story in the popular Emily Windsnap series is a spellbinding tale, which sets the power of friendship and loyalty against evil, ambition and greed.

Publisher: Orion Children's Books

Liz Kessler

Liz Kessler is the author of two popular children’s series: Emily Windsnap and Philippa Fisher. A Year Without Autumn was her first standalone title and was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Awards 2012. Born in 1966, Liz grew up in the seaside town of Southport in the north west of England. She attended Farnborough Road Junior School, Merchant Taylors, and Abbotsholme School in Staffordshire, before going on to study English at Loughborough University, after which she gained a teaching qualification at Keele University. More recently, she gained a distinction in a Masters degree in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Before becoming an author, Liz taught English and Media Studies and ran Creative Writing courses. She also worked as a journalist at a few local and regional newspapers in Manchester and York.

After school and university, Liz lived on a narrowboat on the canal for about ten years, after which she settled briefly in Manchester before travelling round Europe in a campervan for a year. She now lives in St Ives, Cornwall.

http://www.lizkessler.co.uk/

Liz Kessler