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Penguin peril
Summary
The Secret Mermaid: Book 9
Penguin peril
by Sue Mongredien
- Join Molly on her magical adventures as she helps the Animal-Keeper mermaids save the sea creatures from danger.
The penguins have mysteriously disappeared from the icy seas and the mermaids are worried – where can they be? Molly and her mermaid friend, Phoebe, search everywhere. Could the Dark Queen be behind the trouble?
“If you have a child who is just mastering reading then one of the first authors to look to these days is Sue Mongredien.”
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Sue Mongredien
Sue Mongredien read English at Leeds University. After graduating, Sue worked as an editor of children's books before leaving to travel around the world. She now lives in Brighton with her partner and three children and is a full-time writer. She has had over 60 books published.
Visit www.suemongredien.co.uk/ to find out more.
Press & Blog Reviews
A delicious series and one that is unapologetically girlie. The characters are enchanting and, like all Sue’s books, the attention to detail in her description is utterly perfect.
Caroline Smailes
If you have a child who is just mastering reading then one of the first authors to look to these days is Sue Mongredien. In every book she delivers exactly what the emerging reader needs. Firstly and most importantly, it's always a good, exciting story and Penguin Peril is no exception. There's excitement, suspense and mystery – exactly what the young reader needs. They have to get the idea that reading is fun!
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This book isn't as pink and glittery as I expected from the cover. It's an adventure quest where Molly, a girl who secretly turns into a mermaid and drops into a magical world, helps save ocean creatures from the Dark Queen using special powers granted to her by a pendant. The characters in the book are well drawn; particularly Molly, whose bravery prevents disaster. It's a great story (I loved the pendant with its sea-creature powers). I think a hungry 7+ girl reader would devour it. This is a story for readers already growing in confidence, supported by plenty of illustrations that nicely complement the narrative.
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Extras
- Send a Secret Mermaid ecard
- The Secret Mermaid picture gallery
See readers' Underwater Kingdom pictures in The Secret Mermaid picture gallery. You can find colouring sheets on the Secret Mermaid website. - The Secret Mermaid Website
Meet the Secret Mermaid and her friends, and find a wonderful world of mermaid things to make and do.
Also by Sue Mongredien
Oliver Moon, Junior Wizard
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Sue Mongredien
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