Overview

On his eleventh birthday, schoolboy Magnus Fin found out that he was half selkie -- part human, part seal. Although he looks like a boy and lives on land, he can breathe underwater. When Magnus Fin discovers his initials scratched into the rocks by the shore and finds dead seals washed up on the beach, he knows his selkie family needs his help, and he dives down beneath the waves to find out more. The great seal sickness has struck and his grandmother Miranda is dangerously ill. But Magnus Fin is sure there's another reason for their affliction. He sets out to reveal the truth, with just his moonstone, his last baby tooth and some seaweed from Neptune's garden for luck. Little does he know that his best friend Tarkin, who can't swim, is determined to join him on this perilous mission. This is the exciting sequel to Kelpie Prize-winning Magnus Fin and the Ocean Quest.

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'Janis Mackay's environmental message is clear but does not swamp her eminently readable story.' -- Jane Sandell, The Scotsman, 9th April 2011. 'This beautifully written book will draw the reader into the warmth of Magnus Fin's world and take them on an adventure that will keep them turning the page. It is the second Magnus Fin adventure by Janis Mackay and hopefully not the last! Sometimes moving and sometimes humorous but never dull this story covers, among other things, environmental issues. Children will find it interesting and it provides plenty of scope for discussion.' -- Armadillo Magazine 'Janis Mackay lovingly elaborates the characters she introduced so well in the previous book. The dialogues are immediate, funny and touching. True humanity speaks through them and they are a joy to be with while the pages turn. Her descriptions of life along the sea coast and the world underwater are well done and one feels she lives this life herself intensely as it permeates every page effortlessly. Mackay makes good use of story telling techniques: increasing suspense and delaying gratification. Magnus Fina dnthe Moonlight Mission is played out in a different world from what most of us are used to and will carry any child away to an underwater world, which is familiar yet magical at the same time, for a good 200 pages.' --Anna Phillips, New View, Spring 2011

'Janis Mackay's environmental message is clear but does not swamp her eminently readable story.' -- Jane Sandell, The Scotsman, 9th April 2011.

Author Information

Janis Mackay was born and grew up in Edinburgh, but moved to London to study journalism. She has an MA in Creative Writing and has held writer-in-residence posts in both Caithness and Sutherland. She currently lives in Edinburgh, where she teaches creative writing and works as a writer and storyteller.

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