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Violence
Barely any
Some ocean peril and mild fantasy danger
Language
None
Clean language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of belonging, identity, and the pull of a world that isn't quite yours
What this book is about
The second Ingo novel follows Sapphire and her brother Conor as the pull of the mer world — Ingo — grows stronger and more dangerous. Helen Dunmore's lyrical MG fantasy is rooted in Cornish folklore and the mythology of the sea, with a contemplative, beautiful prose style unusual for the genre. The sea world is genuinely Other, not simply an underwater version of the human world.
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