Ingo
Helen Dunmore
Subjects
- Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery
- Fairy Tales - myths, legends and folklore from way back
Average rating
A spellbinding magical adventure. Master storyteller Helen Dunmore writes the story of Sapphire and her brother Conor, and their discovery of INGO, a powerful and exciting world under the sea.
You’ll find the mermaid of Zennor inside Zennor church. She fell in love with a human, but she was a Mer creature and so she couldn’t come to live with him up in the dry air. She swam up the stream to hear him sing, then one day he swam down it and was never seen again. He became one of the Mer people… Sapphire’s father told her that story when she was little. When he is lost at sea she can’t help but think of that old myth; she’s convinced he’s still alive. The following summer her brother Conor keeps disappearing for hours on end. She goes to the cove to find him, but instead meets Faro, an enigmatic and intriguing Merman. He takes her to Ingo and introduces her to a world she never knew existed. She must let go of all her Air thoughts and embrace the sea and all things Mer. After her first visit she is entranced – merely the sound of running water makes her yearn to be in Ingo once more. Ingo blood runs strongly in Sapphy and Conor fears she will leave the Air world for good. He pleads with her to ignore her craving for the sea and stay safely in their cottage up on the cliff. But not only is Sapphy intoxicated by the Mer world, she longs to see her father once more. And she’s sure she can hear him singing across the water…“I wish I was away in Ingo
Far across the briny sea…”
Reviews
I thought that this was a great book. Especially for people (like me) who love mermaids. Would definitely recommend to others.
Queen Jewel Legend 27.07.2021
I liked this book as it was action packed and really exiting.
Fairy Petronella Foxtail 07.07.2020
Ingo is an amazing book about Ingo, magic and mysteries. My favorite character is Sapphire. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries and Mermaids/men.
Marshal June Supermarket 02.09.2019
What would you do if your Dad had disappeared when you were a young girl and you never knew where he went? Sapphire has lived her life by the sea. But when her Dad vanishes, her Mum becomes terrified of the sea. But when Sapphire meets an odd boy called Faro, things become clearer but more questions are ever appearing...
Anonymous 15.09.2018
Sapphire has an easy life until her dad disappears into the depths of the ocean. Then she discovers Ingo...
Anonymous 30.07.2017
Eve's Dad goes missing when he goes fishing in the dark, the waves are fierce and he came off his boat. Eve's Dad meets an Ingo Mermaid who is very evil. A funeral takes place for her Dad!!
Anonymous 24.07.2017
It has dangerous haunting beauty
Anonymous 16.07.2016
I think this book is fun and imaginative and helps you understand what life might be life as a mermaid or as they call it in the book a Mer. The book is full of magic, mysteries and underthesea awesomeness. I would recommend this book to everyone and especially people who have a great imagination!
Anonymous 05.07.2016
Ingo is a magical story with some sweet scenes, but I was glad to finish it as it was a bit boring...
Anonymous 24.08.2015
This was an exciting and an addictive book to read. So much sealife in it. Loved it!!!!
Anonymous 21.08.2014
