Nixie Makes Waves (Mermaids to the Rescue #1)

by Lisa Ann Scott

Overview

Fans of Rainbow Magic and Mermaid Tales will love this new series full of adventures under the sea!

Be brave and keep the seas safe! Nixie can't wait to join the Royal Mermaid Rescue Crew. Along with a magical seapony partner, she'll save merpeople in danger and use her natural creativity to keep the seas safe! But then Nixie gets matched with Rip — a super-speedy seapony who's at the top of his class, but also a strict rule-follower. Rip and Nixie couldn't be more different! Will Nixie be able to befriend Rip...or will she have to look for another fish in the sea?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338266979
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/26/2019
Series:	Mermaids to the Rescue Series , #1
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 5.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	580L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

LISA ANN SCOTT is the author of the L’école des poneys enchantés and the La fée des souhaits series, and School of Charm. She has been a TV news producer, reporter, and anchor, and she currently works as a voice-over artist. She lives in upstate New York.

Editorial Reviews

2018-11-21

In the same world as the Enchanted Pony Academy series, royal merchildren partner with magical seaponies in the elite Royal Mermaid Rescue Crew.

Princess Nixie's excited for Selection Day, when she and her fellow Rescue Crew School classmates choose a partner from the Enchanted Seapony Academy. Nixie's long awaited the day she'll be a full member of the Rescue Crew, and though she doesn't know which seapony's the best match for her, she knows who isn't: Rip, top of the seapony class but disliked for his rigid adherence to rules and preference for work over fun. When the ceremony comes, though, Nixie draws to pick last, leaving her with…Rip. Seeing his distress and confusion at his last-place selection, Nixie does her best to be positive about their partnership. She seeks common ground through shared adventure, but he'd rather study their rule book. Nixie's nearly ready to refuse the match when she hears a distress call from her two best friends—stranded where they shouldn't be—and so she rushes to rescue them. Luckily for her, Rip follows and the two work together—combining her flexible thinking-on-her-feet with the valuable information from his scholarship—gaining understanding and becoming a true team. This intelligent treatment of the emotional dynamic helps to mitigate the tendentiously sparkly worldbuilding and thin characterizations. Nixie appears with lavender hair and light skin on the cover; publishing simultaneously are three other titles in the series, each fronted by a different member of the diverse Royal Mermaid Rescue Crew: Cali Plays Fair, Cascadia Saves the Day, and Lana Swims North.

A compromise tale any kid assigned a group project should understand. (Fantasy. 7-10)

Kirkus Reviews