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Ingo
- By Helen Dunmore
- Genre: Fantasy
Common Sense Media says
Exciting ocean fantasy adventure starts series.
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that there are some scary situations (none graphic) and kids deal with the loss of a parent. One swear word uttered by a boy is written like this: *&@#!%*
What's the story?
When Sapphire and Conor's dad mysteriously disappears, most people believe he's dead. Ever hopeful, Conor begins sneaking off to the ocean to look for him. Sapphire follows and discovers a world of wonder, excitement, and danger that their family is strangely connected to. Could her new friends lead to her father?
Is it any good?
The first in a series, this is the kind of book that gets kids excited about reading. Helen Dunmore weaves an exciting, masterful tale of mermaids, mystery, and mythology. She keeps readers on the edge of their seats as they journey with Sapphy and Conor through the world of Ingo. What is this new place and how is it connected to Sapphy and Conor's father, and to them? How can they find him without getting lost themselves? Dunmore keeps readers guessing while treating them to beautiful scenery and fantastic adventures.
Character development is key to a good story and Dunmore allows her characters to mature as they become involved in more adult circumstances. Sapphy grows from being carried like a child in the first chapter to a person able to harness the power of Ingo. Her relationship with her brother changes and strengthens. They both recognize strengths and weaknesses in each other and readers will be drawn to their vulnerability and curiosity. Sapphy narrates the story with quick wit and a realism readers will enjoy.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about using the rationale of "the ends justifying the means." Faro believed it was OK to do anything to protect the ocean against pollution and human interference. Was he correct? When have you seen people use this rationale?
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Kid, 12 years old
April 14, 2010
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ingo
This book is AMAZINGLY great!
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Kid, 12 years old
April 2, 2009
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SPECTACULAR
I read Ingo a few years ago and it is still one of my faves! It is so magical and you will want to read the other 3. It is so discriptive!!!! When she is sad, you are sad, when she are happy, you are happy ( and so on....) So please read it and recomend it to others.
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Fantasy for young readers...
"You'll find the mermaid of Zennor inside Zennor Church, if you know where to look." This is the first sentence in Ingo, the first book to start off this fantasy quartet about a world buried deep under the waves. Sapphire doesn't believe her father is dead when one night, he suddenly disappears into the ocean. This starts a chain of events that lead Sapphy and her brother, Connor to discover something they only believed to be real in fairy tales, Mer people. Sapphy and Connor feel as if their new Mer friends know something about their father's disappearence, but why won't they tell them.
I liked this book for its detail. I was green with envy as Helen Dunmore described how free Sapphy felt in the water and I wished that I could swim in the cool waters as well. I've also read the second book, Tide Knot, and it is just as good as the first one.
I recomend this book for readers age nine and up. There's hardly any swearing, romance, or violence and it's a book of fantasy for younger readers.
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AMAZING!
this book is just too amazing and leaves you begging for the next one (the tide knot) which unfortunately does not deliver. but as for ingo, there's a magical quality about the old book- the author perfectly captures the feeling of a lonely house by the sea, anyone who knows and loves that kind of windswept loneliness will feel their heart ache just like mine did.
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Kid, 11 years old
October 12, 2010
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GOOD BOOK
I like this book alot i think its a great great book but a little to much love bits in but still great
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Ingo
I have loved this book since the day I saw its cover. It is the first book of the triology. The next books are The Tide Knot and The Deep. Ingo is about a girl and a boy who have a family of four and then suddenly their dad dissapears. They find two Mer who are people with seal tails and they cannot enter the Air or go on the Earth. Faro finds Sapphire, the girl, and Elvira finds Connor, the boy. Connor and Sapphire's Mum is still trying to get over the fact that Matthew, her husband is gone and his boat was found destroyed with nobody in it. So she finds herself a boy-friend at her work in St. Pirans named Roger and he tells them that he is going on a test swim by the Bawns to look at an old ship under the water... in Ingo. The problem is something that he does not know of, there are gaurdian seals gaurding the sick ones and they will protect the sick Mer no matter what.
What will happen to Roger and his assistant? Read the book and find out!!!
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Great
My son and i have both read all 3 of the ingo books. Loved them! (me more than him in fact *blushes*)
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READ THIS BOOK!!!!
i think that INGO is amazing book its thrilling and exciting I'm only half way through the book and i love i can put it down. i encourage all those little children out there who are maybe keen on books or not so keen on books this is the one you should read those who are not to keen on books this is maybe a little long but you will love it. DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!!!!
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| Author: | Helen Dunmore |
| Book type: | Fiction |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Children's Books |
| Publication date: | August 8, 2008 |
| Number of pages: | 336 |
| Hardcover price: | $16.99 |
| Publisher's recommended age(s): | 10 - 10 |
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