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The Tide Knot: A Return to Ingo Kindle Edition

by Helen Dunmore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 169 ratings
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In a seaside town of sandy beaches and ocean breezes, Sapphy has never felt so far from the sea. The crowded shore at St. Pirans is nothing like the cove at Sapphy's old home, where she first found her way into the underwater world of Ingo.

But Ingo's pull is strong, and it always finds a way. Soon Sapphy and her brother, Conor, are swimming beneath the waves again, riding the currents and teasing their Mer friend Faro. As Sapphy goes deeper into Ingo, she learns to feel more at home in the sea—even as she begins to be aware of its dangers.

There's the danger of going in too deep, and breaking the delicate balance between Sapphy's life on land and her life in Ingo. There's the mysterious disappearance of Sapphy's father, an experienced sailor who should never have drowned. And then there's Ingo itself—a restless power as old as the world, as strong as the tides, and more dangerous than anything Sapphy has ever known.

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  1. Reading age
    12 - 18 years
  2. Book 2 of 5
    Ingo
  3. Print length
    340 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    6 - 12
  6. Lexile measure
    610L
  7. Publisher
    HarperTeen
  8. Publication date
    January 23, 2009
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  10. Word Wise
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  11. Enhanced typesetting
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  12. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  13. ISBN-13
    978-0060818555
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About the Author

HELEN DUNMORE is a novelist, short story writer and poet. She has written twenty-two children’s books, including Brother Brother, Sister Sister; The Lilac Tree; The Seal Cove; and the bestselling Ingo series. She has written nine adult books including A Spell of Winter, which won the 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her poetry collections have won the Poetry Society’s Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize and the Signal Poetry Award. Helen Dunmore was born in Yorkshire, England, and now lives in Bristol with her husband and children.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001QIGZMM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperTeen (January 23, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 23, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3184 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 340 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 169 ratings

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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Mattie Van Volkenbrug
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023
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Love this book, just not best price but when author passed away that's what happens to books, still need 3rd and 4th but they are 30$ and 50$ 😐
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Max
5.0 out of 5 stars Tide knot.
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2022
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This was a magical, delightful, and also a little scary book. I could not put it down and just kept turning pages wondering what would happen next!
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panamamama
5.0 out of 5 stars Ingo calling- The Tide Knot
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2011
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The Tide Knot, the second book in the Ingo series is wonderful.
Full of the draw of the sea and land. The pull between them like the pull of the tides on young Sapphire, a girl with half Mer (mermaid) blood.
Sapphire and Conor have moved to a new town with their mom and her boyfriend. Still searching for their father, they find that Ingo needs them for a special purpose. They also find truth. Read it to find out more...

Maybe I'm Mer, Ingo is calling me.
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Fun Cooking
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable series
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2013
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I've enjoyed this series by Helen Dunmore. The characters are interesting and it's a nice, fun read. Great for a fun, fantasy filled evening without the violence, language, and sensuality that so often gets in the way of a good story.
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Alexa
5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS BOOK
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2016
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Lately I've been trying to get more into to reading, and this book pulled me in right away! I recommend this to all young readers.
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jadon
5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff.
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2016
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Mermaid series. Great stuff.
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Donna Deweerd
3.0 out of 5 stars Liked the ending
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2017
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Exciting scenes but there was a little too many of them and the tension could have been resolved a little sooner.
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KidsReads
5.0 out of 5 stars Helen Dunmore brings back the amazing world of Ingo in this much-awaited sequel
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2008
Unable to face the memories of her husband's disappearance, Sapphire's mother moves the family away from their seaside cottage to the town of St. Pirans. Sapphy's brother, Conor, seems to be settling into his new life just fine, and her mom, with the attentions of new boyfriend Roger, begins to find happiness again. But Sapphy refuses to call St. Pirans home. She longs to be back in the cottage she was born in, where she lived happily with her complete family. And she longs to return to Ingo.

Despite Sapphy and Conor's vow to find their father, they have yet to discover any clues. Everyone else thinks he drowned in the sea, but they know deep in their hearts that he is still alive and would return if he could. Something they did discover in their search was the pathway into the underwater world of Ingo. Ingo includes the sea and her creatures, and the population of Mer, the water-dwelling beings that appear human on top and dolphin-tailed on the bottom. The wise woman of the village told Sapphy and Conor that they are actually half Mer themselves, thus allowing them to enter Ingo. But since they moved away from the secluded cove, Sapphy hasn't been able to find a way to return.

Then, after the tourists leave for the summer and the bustling town quiets down for winter, Sapphy hears Ingo calling for her again. She delves into Ingo, finding her friend, Faro, and joins him in exploration and riding the currents again. She feels the pull of Ingo so strongly that sometimes she has trouble returning to the air. Conor advises her to fight the urge to visit Ingo, to settle into their new life and move on, but Sapphy refuses to even try. She has always fit into Ingo easier than Conor has, and besides, she refuses to forget her vow to find their father.

And then one night Sapphy does locate him. She hears him calling to her in the night and follows his voice to the river that flows out into the sea. Her father has traveled up the river to get as close as he dares, yet he cannot leave the water. He made the choice to join the Mer permanently. Sapphy detects that he is unhappy with his decision, yet he says it's too late. However, he had to come back to warn her that the tide knot, the source that controls the tides, is beginning to unravel. Sapphy and the entire town of St. Pirans are in danger of being swallowed up by a tidal surge!

Helen Dunmore brings back the amazing world of Ingo in this much-awaited sequel. Along with the colorful characters befriended in the first installment of the series, fans will experience more in-depth explorations into the magical world of Ingo, rescue a beached dolphin, converse with a wise old whale and delve into the terrifying nightmare of a tsunami. Cleverly woven into this non-stop wonder of a story is the theme of making choices and living with the consequences. Dunmore has delivered another wondrous adventure.

--- Reviewed by Chris Shanley-Dillman, author of FINDING MY LIGHT and THE BLACK POND
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Autumn
5.0 out of 5 stars The series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2024
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I loved reading the whole series. It is about a girl who lives near the beach and discovers an underwater world that allows her to explore the ocean using currents and her firmed by her side. Her dad went missing at sea and she hopes she can find him. But she gets into trouble on the way
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Stephen Toews
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 18, 2014
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Daughter really enjoyed this book!
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L.Earith
5.0 out of 5 stars the tide knot is a must read!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2010
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I am a 14 year old girl (writting from my dad's account ) who first began by reading the first novel INGO, also read my INGO review ... I was so gripped by it's storyline in INGO which was exciting and thrilling that i had to read to next one in the series THE TIDE KNOT!!!!!! The tide knot follows on from the beautifully built world that was created in INGO - as you know the story's basics is about a 13 / 14 year girl who one day discovers the fantasy magical world under the sea of cornwall... However most people when they read the blerb think that this book is all going to be about mermaids, fun and games - boy oh boy are they wrong.
The whole series has a deeper meaning than that and depending on the age group is perseaved in many different ways. Like in the beginning of ingo sapphire's and conor's father goes missing one night when the sea is wild and angry and that is what carries on the novels on - and in the next novel the tide knot " dark secrets really are unleashed! " - that is what it quotes on the cover!
But please do give the first few chapters a chance because whats happening in that moment is important towards the end! I made that mistake by getting bored, however the tide knot is amazingly written with extra's at the back of the book... I give it 5 stars ***** and much deserved praise to it's author HELEN DUNMORE who has got me wanting to read for hours on end! As of this moment i haven't read THE DEEP however i have ordered it from amazon - and when i have completed that novel i will continue through onto THE CROSSING OF INGO!
1st novel - INGO
2nd novel - THE TIDE KNOT
3rd novel - THE DEEP
4th and final novel - THE CROSSING OH INGO

Overall high praise to HELEN DUNMORE and well recommended to everyone with a warming heart who loves the call and mystery of the sea. Thank you to all other reviews from amazon because otherwise i wouldn't have enjoyed the other novel's! READ THEM AND YOU WILl UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ALL MEAN !!! :) so happy with my purchase!!!! :) thank you amazon UK...
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John Wolstencroft
5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2009
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I wanted to give this book ten stars but there was not enough room! it is almost impossible to stop reading it-i could happily read it for hours without stopping! i get totally absorbed in the ingo series and i even have dreams about being in this book! one of the most exciting moments of my life was reading a sentence of this book. i reccommend this to people who like ocean adventures and this series is a must for people whos main interest is sea life. for people who have read books about dolphins or mermaids this is a perfect everyday read. a little harder than the first book, part of the toolkit to enter this amazing story, this seems to be aimed at children aged 9-15. not the best school reading book-better for reading at bedtime. if you want a short description, i would say a 3 star for sea-lovers, a 4 star for people who are getting interested in how the sea works and a 5 star for people who have longed to dive deep into the sea. this seems like some magical ocean journey.

by Leela age 8.
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bookworm
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2018
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Not one of Helen Dunmore's best
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