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The Tide Knot | 
 enlarge | Author: Helen Dunmore
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 8567
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0007204906
EAN: 9780007204908
ASIN: 0007204906
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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So real you can smell the sea... July 14, 2008
S. Brookes (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A beautifully written and worthy sequel to Ingo. Both my children (ages 14 and 10) enjoyed this and I read 'Ingo' and 'The Tide Knot' on their recommendation. I now see what the seduction is. It's heartening to see such good, stimulating writing for children out there. I can't remember reading anywhere such sensual descriptions of the sea, or the sea shore in a children's book. You can almost smell the Cornish coast in this writing. Wonderful!
Amazing!!! July 8, 2008
K. Wensley
Right, I'm 16 years old now and i adore this book, and i loved the last one too - but i could imagine loving this book at any age. The writing is descriptive but quite simple, and utterly captivating. The story's awesome as well, you couldn't really ask for more in a book like this! And the cover's really prettyyyy @.@
Guys, if you're wondering whether or not to get this book (or the first!) then just go for it!
fantastic sequel July 3, 2007
Jane (Bristol UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a brilliant sequel to 'Ingo'. Again there is the amazing mixture of fantasy with a real-life modern story. It can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. The descriptions of the flood and the gradual unfolding of the fate of the children's father is fascinating and the book is a real page-turner.
 Even better than the first May 24, 2007
Shawn Watson (Badger's Brook, Scotland)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was a bit annoyed at Ingo for ending so abruptly with a teaser that pretty much said 'find out what happens in the sequel next year'. I mean I felt like complaining to some authority about it. The Tide Knot makes up for it by being even better than Ingo.
The story picks up in a cold and bleak November where Saphire and Conor have moved to the town next to Senara and left their cottage to renters. Conor is more interested in surfing but Saphire cannot let go of the pull of Ingo. Her mother still has no clue but potential stepdad Roger is becoming more and more suspicious. Saphire still believes her dad didn't really drown and is still looking for answers. Again she involves herself in the affairs of the Mer to solve the mystery.
As before, The Tide Knot is written in that same dreamy, euphoric style that makes every trip into the ocean seem like and enigmatic heroin rush. Whenever Saphire is not in Ingo we cannot wait until she just dashes for the shore and whenever she is far out in some current we don't want her to head back to land. It's weird and yet pleasing how she exists in two different worlds and is somehow wise beyond her years (I like children's books that don't insult their intelligence) without seeming cocky.
With the third novel in the series (The Deep) already out, this is looking like a series I am seriously enjoying that sort of popped out of nowhere. I recommend any teenager (or adult, such as myself) to pick up these books.
As entrancing as the sea itself... August 29, 2006
A. P. Harris (Wellington, New Zealand)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Helen Dunmore has crafted a beautiful world in which the more familiar world of the land people and the unknown and dangerous realm of the sea live side by side in uneasy balance. The magic is thrilling, the tension is vivid and the main character's struggle with her temptation by the seductive underwater world is all too believable.
I loved this title and it's predecessor Ingo. Suitable for children AND adults who love a good read!
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