- Library Binding: 328 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060818530
- ISBN-13: 978-0060818531
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,483,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Helen Dunmore, author of Zillah and Me and The Silver Bead, begins a trilogy for children with a novel that describes both an idyllic life, growing up beside the sea, and an undersea world of wonder and amazement with equal aplomb. It’s not easy to imagine life under the waves, living and breathing amongst an ancient people without resorting to stereotypes. But Dunmore’s original description throughout this book is one of its best qualities.
Set in Cornwall, Ingo is the story of Sapphire and her brother Conor, and what happens to them after their father mysteriously disappears at sea. Sapphire still thinks her father is alive. Somewhere. She remembers stories he used to tell her about a Mer creature who fell in love with a human, but could not come to live with him in the dry air.
The following summer, both Conor and Sapphire are inexorably drawn to the water, despite the worries of their mother. They love the water so much, and spend hours in the nearby cove. When Sapphire follows Conor one day, after he has been gone a long time, she meets Faro--a Merman who introduces her to Ingo, an underwater world she could only have dreamed existed. And Ingo blood runs deep through her veins and it is not long before the call of that other world becomes too strong to resist.
Dunmore is an accomplished writer for adults, she was the first winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, but her books for younger readers, despite having all the same qualities and powerful storytelling talent, have not been as critically or commercially successful. Ingo, however, is sure to change that perception. It is a beautiful novel, both enchanting and exciting, that appeals to readers on many levels. It is seductively easy to read and stays in the memory for a long time.
(Age 10 and over) --John McLay --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"As ever, Dunmore's characters are beautifully drawn… Though the first in a series, this book works perfectly as a standalone title, with a satisfying resolution but enough left hanging in the air to make the characters and situations live on in the reader's mind. Ingo has a haunting, dangerous beauty all of its own." Philip Ardagh, Guardian
"The electric thrill of swimming with dolphins, of racing along currents, and of leaving the world of reason and caution behind are described with glorious intensity." Amanda Craig, The Times
"Compellingly lyrical." Independent
"Helen Dunmore may have a few drowned readers on her conscience, so enticing and believable is the underwater world she creates in Ingo." Telegraph
"Helen Dunmore is an exceptional and versatile writer and she writes with a restrained, sensual grace." Observer
"A remarkable fantasy… It's a haunting, beautifully written book which creates a totally believable parallel world." Northern Echo
"Ingo is an intoxicating adventure… Wonderful, evocative storytelling." Publishing News
"An enchanting, modern twist on the Hans Christian Anderson story of the little mermaid… The marine imagery gives the story a wonderful sprinkling of the nautical and the magical." Telegraph
"A tense, well-plotted story… Dunmore's sense of place, of the natural world, is particularly evocative." Irish Sunday Independent
"Loss and language are poetically blended." Irish Times
"The under-the-sea imagery is elegantly handled… Altogether a thoughtful book with emotional resonance." Carousel
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book for my seven year-old daughter, having read a couple of Dunmore's adult titles and knowing quite well the part of Cornwall in which the story is set. The book is an unmitigated joy: utterly captivating and - here is its genius - believable in a way that, say Harry Potter is not. Sapphy and Conor's entry in to the magical world of Ingo, the marine world that lies just off of the cove near their home, is told so imaginatively, yet credibly, that one cannot fail but to be drawn in to the story. The one problem with the book is that it is so gripping, is such a page-turner, that getting my daughter to put the book down and switch her light off at bedtime became even more difficult than normal.
Perhaps the strongest proof of the power of Dunmore's story-telling is that we have just returned from a Cornish holiday during which my daughter wanted to visit Zennor,try to find the cove, and see if she could find Faro and Elvira, the Mer-people, for herself. Perhaps, just perhaps, those silhouettes we could see at the foot of the rocky headland were them.....who knows! Buy this book, neither you nor your children will regret it.
Perhaps the strongest proof of the power of Dunmore's story-telling is that we have just returned from a Cornish holiday during which my daughter wanted to visit Zennor,try to find the cove, and see if she could find Faro and Elvira, the Mer-people, for herself. Perhaps, just perhaps, those silhouettes we could see at the foot of the rocky headland were them.....who knows! Buy this book, neither you nor your children will regret it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of the best books I've ever read. I'm 10 and I got lost in the world of Ingo. It's not childish, it's fascinating. I'm now reading the third book and it's just as good. I highly recommend this book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a really great read and as its one in a series it definately makes you want to read the others. A brillinat adventure for all ages. Would highly recommend!
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Ingo Reveiw
Ingo is hauntingly beautiful, a tale of a brother and sister drawn to the sea and the wonders beneath the waves. Read more
Published 2 months ago by mogz
ANOTHER KIDS REVEIW
I was bought this book for my birthday and i wasn't sure about it . I now regret that thought though as i soon as i'd read the first chapter i wanted to read for ever. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mum
Distinct lack of mermaids!
Ok, this is a children's book, but I've always been a bit of a mermaid fan and I read some good reviews, so I thought I'd give it a go. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jammy Caketin
A Fantastic Adventure
I got Ingo for my 10th birthday and from the moment I started I got drawn into the story of Sapphire, Conor, Faro and Elvira. Read more
Published 13 months ago by AnneDx
Ingo, Can you resist the call of the deep?
I bought this book for my daughter (age 8), but thought I would read it first to check it was ok. I thought it was brilliant, with one exception, it blasphemes in the last few... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Jenny Warren
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This book is incredible and well thought out. The entirety of the book is composed in strange text that takes a little while to get into but once you do you are hooked! Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr A P HILL
can't praise this enough
I bought this for my older daughter's 11th birthday in November and she begged me to buy the other 3 books in the series for Christmas - all are now finished and passed on to... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Siobhan
Great story line.
This book is great, it has a great story with a great plot. Ingos charater are so discriptive and you just get hooked.
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Fabulous
I bought this for my book-devouring daughter Jemima, having only read the sleeve notes when I saw it in a bookstore in Cambridge. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Ivor Gotone
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