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Mermaid S.O.S. #3
Sophie Makes a Splash
Just as Sophie and her friends start to make their way back to Coral Kingdom with the magic crystals for Queen Neptuna, a storm whipped up by the evil Mantora, throws them right off course! Sophie and her fellow Sisters of the Sea are lost, but they must find their way home as quickly as possible in order to complete their important mission. This time Sophie leaps to the rescue to help her mermaid friends, as well as untangle a dolphin from a very knotty situation.
- GenresFantasy
96 pages, Paperback
First published September 4, 2006
About the author
Gillian Shields
64 books540 followersGillian Shields was born and brought up in Yorkshire, in the north of England. As she grew up, she had two passions:books and theater. Gillian’s love of books led her to read English at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. After university she studied acting in London. She then taught in a drama school, the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, for several years, becoming Vice Principal. She recently taught English and Drama at Beechwood Sacred Heart, a girls’ boarding school.
Having children gave Gillian an excuse to carry on reading children’s books, as well as a motivation to write them. She has a son and a daughter, and is married to Brian, who works for the New York Times Media Group.
Hobbies, Interests, and Enthusiasms
I am currently learning Italian (or trying to!) and have a secret fantasy about going to live on the beautiful island of Sicily one day, and having a little stone house with a lemon tree in the garden, and a view of the blue, blue sea! I am lucky, though, because I do live in a fantastic part of England, full of soft green fields and rolling hills and cottages that date back four hundred years.
I like to go for long walks and see the changes that the seasons bring, and I try to imagine how it all must have been years and years ago, and how the people lived. I was brought up in the north of England which is much more rugged and wild—the backdrop to Immortal.
I also enjoy being in the city—although I wouldn't want to live there all the time, it's fun to go window shopping or to big new exhibitions or shows, or just hang out in a coffee shop with a cappuccino and a notebook and watch the busy world go by.
Something I enjoy is painting. I have taken quite a few art classes and find it very creative to work with paint and charcoal and images instead of words, though somehow I can't help adding bits of poetry and scraps of words into my paintings, too… When I was at school, I was completely obsessed by the Pre-Raphaelites, and I love the way their art is so intertwined with poetry and stories. My best friend is an artist and she is incredibly inspiring to me.
I hate cooking but love the idea of being a good cook and welcoming all my friends and family to delicious meals. So I have lots of beautiful cookery books but I never get past the first couple of recipes. Every so often I get madly enthusiastic all over again, but it doesn't last.
When I am writing, I can't listen to music—I find it too distracting, but I love to listen to the radio when I am driving. I listen to pop music in the morning and classical music in the afternoon. That just seems right somehow. My son is really into music, so I enjoy sharing his enthusiasms. At the moment we are listening to Eminem, Akon, NDubz, Chipmunk, Kanye West, plus Greenday, Michael Jackson…the list goes on. My current absolute favorite is Paolo Nutini.
Another interest I have is this amazing charity called The Smile Train which carries out operations for disadvantaged children born with harelip/cleft palate. Sometimes I feel I don't realize how lucky I am, and so it's good to try and do something to help a child on the other side of the world who isn't so lucky. My family also tries to support Sightsavers International, who do simple cataract operations to restore the sight of hundreds of people in the developing world.
On a more self-indulgent note, I love to get to the theater whenever I can, and to the ballet, which I adore. In another fantasy life I would definitely be a ballerina!
I can't imagine getting through a day without reading or writing. I know it sounds a complete cliche, but there it is. I go to a writers' workshop once a week to meet other writers and exchange ideas and read work in progress, and that is hugely important to me. And every spare minute of the time at home I am reading, reading, reading…What would we do without stories?
Education
St Catharine's College, Cambridge University (MA in Englis
Having children gave Gillian an excuse to carry on reading children’s books, as well as a motivation to write them. She has a son and a daughter, and is married to Brian, who works for the New York Times Media Group.
Hobbies, Interests, and Enthusiasms
I am currently learning Italian (or trying to!) and have a secret fantasy about going to live on the beautiful island of Sicily one day, and having a little stone house with a lemon tree in the garden, and a view of the blue, blue sea! I am lucky, though, because I do live in a fantastic part of England, full of soft green fields and rolling hills and cottages that date back four hundred years.
I like to go for long walks and see the changes that the seasons bring, and I try to imagine how it all must have been years and years ago, and how the people lived. I was brought up in the north of England which is much more rugged and wild—the backdrop to Immortal.
I also enjoy being in the city—although I wouldn't want to live there all the time, it's fun to go window shopping or to big new exhibitions or shows, or just hang out in a coffee shop with a cappuccino and a notebook and watch the busy world go by.
Something I enjoy is painting. I have taken quite a few art classes and find it very creative to work with paint and charcoal and images instead of words, though somehow I can't help adding bits of poetry and scraps of words into my paintings, too… When I was at school, I was completely obsessed by the Pre-Raphaelites, and I love the way their art is so intertwined with poetry and stories. My best friend is an artist and she is incredibly inspiring to me.
I hate cooking but love the idea of being a good cook and welcoming all my friends and family to delicious meals. So I have lots of beautiful cookery books but I never get past the first couple of recipes. Every so often I get madly enthusiastic all over again, but it doesn't last.
When I am writing, I can't listen to music—I find it too distracting, but I love to listen to the radio when I am driving. I listen to pop music in the morning and classical music in the afternoon. That just seems right somehow. My son is really into music, so I enjoy sharing his enthusiasms. At the moment we are listening to Eminem, Akon, NDubz, Chipmunk, Kanye West, plus Greenday, Michael Jackson…the list goes on. My current absolute favorite is Paolo Nutini.
Another interest I have is this amazing charity called The Smile Train which carries out operations for disadvantaged children born with harelip/cleft palate. Sometimes I feel I don't realize how lucky I am, and so it's good to try and do something to help a child on the other side of the world who isn't so lucky. My family also tries to support Sightsavers International, who do simple cataract operations to restore the sight of hundreds of people in the developing world.
On a more self-indulgent note, I love to get to the theater whenever I can, and to the ballet, which I adore. In another fantasy life I would definitely be a ballerina!
I can't imagine getting through a day without reading or writing. I know it sounds a complete cliche, but there it is. I go to a writers' workshop once a week to meet other writers and exchange ideas and read work in progress, and that is hugely important to me. And every spare minute of the time at home I am reading, reading, reading…What would we do without stories?
Education
St Catharine's College, Cambridge University (MA in Englis
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
July 28, 2008
such a cute quick read! great for my hour train ride. i finished in about 20 minutes and it was a nice little pick me up. we have to read kiddy things once in awhile to stay young.:)
May 11, 2020
This is really #2 in the series exchanging places with the Ellie one.
A combination of two of my favorite things: mermaids and dolphins. This series teaches children about the ocean and the creatures in it. This book teaches teamwork.
Sophie and her sister mermaids are Crystal Keepers on a way home from picking up some crystals for the queen of the Coral Kingdom and have adventures along the way. In this book they rescue a dolphin trapped in a net.
Footnote: 1) I normally read older audience paranormal stories but every once in a while I like to read something lighter and simpler and I love mermaids.
Fave scene: Sophie blowing the conch shell.
A combination of two of my favorite things: mermaids and dolphins. This series teaches children about the ocean and the creatures in it. This book teaches teamwork.
Sophie and her sister mermaids are Crystal Keepers on a way home from picking up some crystals for the queen of the Coral Kingdom and have adventures along the way. In this book they rescue a dolphin trapped in a net.
Footnote: 1) I normally read older audience paranormal stories but every once in a while I like to read something lighter and simpler and I love mermaids.
Fave scene: Sophie blowing the conch shell.
February 15, 2012
The third book in the Mermaid SOS series is just as sweet as the others. No, it's not earth-shatteringly great literature, but it's a nice story of friendship that isn't overly sentimental or saccharine, nor inappropriately edgy and sassy. In this book, the mermaids help save a mother and baby dolphin, and learn about gill nets. The gill nets aren't presented as absolutely awful for the ocean ecosystem as they actually are, but the book still gets the point across. I've been reading this series aloud to my 4 year old, and she is spellbound.
November 9, 2013
Sophie and her friends have to help Silver's mom get out of a net. Scarlett and Sophie have to go get her family, her sisters and brothers. Holly and Lucy have to keep get air to Silver's blow hole to keep her breathing. Misty and Ellie have to get something sharp to cut the net.
by Katarina
by Katarina
December 23, 2009
I thought it was kind of babieish.
February 1, 2012
A quick pick me up novel that I finished reading in 20 minutes.
Much more suited for kids rather than their mother, I suppose
Much more suited for kids rather than their mother, I suppose
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