- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks (28 May 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007309686
- ISBN-13: 978-0007309689
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 221,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Silver Dolphins (1) - The Magic Charm
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Exciting new magical adventure series – will you answer the call of the Silver Dolphins?
Antonia is thrilled to win first prize in the Sea Watch poster competition – a dolphin charm necklace. But when she is presented with it, she is mysteriously told to ‘always answer the call’. Soon she discovers that her necklace has magical powers that draw her to the sea where she meets a pod of dolphins and learns she has been chosen for a very special role. But Antonia’s new responsibilities not only conflict with her friendships; they also bring her into danger. Is she brave enough to face her fears? And can she be a Silver Dolphin without losing her best friend?
About the Author
Summer Waters is the pen name for Julie Sykes, a successful picture book author and a full-time mum, with more than two million copies sold of her character series. Before becoming an author she worked as a laboratory technician and then a teacher.
She’s always had a love for Cornwall but currently lives in Hampshire with her husband and three children in a 200-year-old cottage.
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Format:Paperback
Great books for imaginative children who enjoy reading about magic and love animals - particularly dolphins! My nine year old loves them. They've been the perfect step on from the Daisy Meadows books.
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My 8yo and all her friends love these books. This one came complete with a dolphin charm necklace (at least mine did, maybe not on all?). Good size book (not too thin) for girls who are confident readers. Would recommend. I'll be buying more of these.
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As with other series of children's of books from Harry Potter downwards, the first is often the best. The author has spent months if not years making the characters and plot believable, unlike sequels where - in the Darcy Bussell, Rainbow Magic, Too Ghoul for School series amongst others - subsequent books too often become formulaic as the publisher demands that the same book gets rewritten again and again to make money for all concerned.
This is the one where we first get to meet Antonia and her family, her friend Sophie, the nasty schoolfellow Draco sorry Lauryn and get introduced to the concept of silver dolphins and what they do. (Mostly get summoned at antisocial and inconvenient times of the day by dolphins to shift bits of debris from the sea bed). The main character - Antonia Lee - is believable and less nauseatingly sweet than the heroines of other books for prepubescent girls. In this book, as well as pollution she has to battle hazards ranging from bullying to a best friend who is less hung up on sea life than she is. After a falling out they have a reconciliation at the end but - understandably, given the books are about dolphins - the best friend takes an increasingly minor role in subsequent books.
Anyway, this is pretty well written, has a good environmental message and is recommended for girls of 6-11, although the younger end will probably need it reading to them. Some of the later books in the series are a bit repetitive and formulaic but if you've read the first three or four you're probably happy enough with what you're getting.
This is the one where we first get to meet Antonia and her family, her friend Sophie, the nasty schoolfellow Draco sorry Lauryn and get introduced to the concept of silver dolphins and what they do. (Mostly get summoned at antisocial and inconvenient times of the day by dolphins to shift bits of debris from the sea bed). The main character - Antonia Lee - is believable and less nauseatingly sweet than the heroines of other books for prepubescent girls. In this book, as well as pollution she has to battle hazards ranging from bullying to a best friend who is less hung up on sea life than she is. After a falling out they have a reconciliation at the end but - understandably, given the books are about dolphins - the best friend takes an increasingly minor role in subsequent books.
Anyway, this is pretty well written, has a good environmental message and is recommended for girls of 6-11, although the younger end will probably need it reading to them. Some of the later books in the series are a bit repetitive and formulaic but if you've read the first three or four you're probably happy enough with what you're getting.
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