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Of Poseidon

Audiobook
2 of 2 copies available
2 of 2 copies available

Emma and her friend Chloe are spending their vacation in Florida. When Emma literally runs into a hot guy named Galen on the beach, little does she know he's a prince of the Syrena. Galen and Emma both feel something strange—is it attraction?—and Galen suspects that Emma might well be the girl he's heard of—a human who can communicate with fish. What follows is a deadly scene with a shark in which Galen witnesses Emma's gifts. He must know more about her, and follows her back to New Jersey, and high school, to find out for sure if she's the key to saving his kingdom. Soon, Emma can't deny her feelings for him, but she can't explain them either—and both she and Galen must learn more about where she comes from and what her powers are before they can trust one another and their feelings.

Told from both Emma and Galen's points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 12, 2012
      For a sweet mermaid romance, Emma McIntosh’s story starts out rough. Her father has recently died of cancer, and her best friend is mauled to death by a shark in the opening scene. Baggage enough for any 18-year-old, but then the hot guy who witnessed the carnage at the beach shows up in Emma’s world history class. Galen is gorgeous, seems to have money to burn, and is completely focused on Emma. He claims to know Emma’s “secret”—one she doesn’t even know she has. He also has a sister with a big mouth, whose willingness to wade into any fray soon pushes Emma into awareness that her love-hate feelings for the ocean are more than just a consequence of her friend’s death. Banks’s first novel has some beginner’s bumps, notably the lack of a self-contained plot, but also a great deal of charm. The mix of first-person and third-person present-tense narration is not seamless, though it imparts immediacy and warmth. Much background is given and few questions are answered, but Emma’s emotions propel the narrative. Ages 13–up. Agent: Lucy Carson, the Friedrich Agency.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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  • ATOS Level:4.2
  • Lexile® Measure:650
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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