The Emily Windsnap books are about a girl named Emily Windsnap who discovers she is a semi-mermaid; which means that when she is submerged in water, she's a mermaid, but when shes not, she's a human. Together with her new mermaid best friend, Shona go on a fun, dangerous journey to find her merman father who was put in prison for marrying her mother, a human. Will Emily succeed? And if she does, will everything turn out okay? Find out in the must read series by Liz Kessler, Emily Windsnap. also, I suggest

• A Series of Unfortunate Events: the Bad Beginning (by Lemony Snicket)