The Ingo Chronicles - Ingo

Paperback

Stunning anniversary edition of this magical and award-winning novel – the first of the spellbinding Ingo Chronicles…

Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid. He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again …

When Sapphire’s father is lost at sea, she can’t help thinking of the mermaid stories he told her when she was little.

Then Sapphy meets a new friend, Faro, who shows her Ingo, a magical underwater world where the Mer live.

As Sapphy spends more time below the waves, she becomes convinced she will find her father in Ingo, but will she have to give up the Air world for good?

RRP: £8.99

Imprint

HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

ISBN

978-0-00-876564-4

Publication Date

31-07-2025

Format

Paperback

Pages

320 pages

Dimensions

129x198mm

Product Description

Stunning anniversary edition of this magical and award-winning novel – the first of the spellbinding Ingo Chronicles…

Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid. He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again …

When Sapphire’s father is lost at sea, she can’t help thinking of the mermaid stories he told her when she was little.

Then Sapphy meets a new friend, Faro, who shows her Ingo, a magical underwater world where the Mer live.

As Sapphy spends more time below the waves, she becomes convinced she will find her father in Ingo, but will she have to give up the Air world for good?

Author

Helen Dunmore

Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, poet and children's writer, who will be remembered for the wisdom, lyricism, compassion and immersive beauty of her writing. In her lifetime, she published eight collections of poetry, many novels for both adults and children, and two collections of short stories. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction with her novel A Spell of Winter, her novel The Siege was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, and her final poetry collection Inside the Wave won the 2017 Costa Book of the Year.

Imprint

HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

ISBN

978-0-00-876564-4

Publication Date

31-07-2025

Format

Paperback

Pages

320 pages

Dimensions

129x198mm

Product Description

Stunning anniversary edition of this magical and award-winning novel – the first of the spellbinding Ingo Chronicles…

Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid. He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again …

When Sapphire’s father is lost at sea, she can’t help thinking of the mermaid stories he told her when she was little.

Then Sapphy meets a new friend, Faro, who shows her Ingo, a magical underwater world where the Mer live.

As Sapphy spends more time below the waves, she becomes convinced she will find her father in Ingo, but will she have to give up the Air world for good?

Author

Helen Dunmore

Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, poet and children's writer, who will be remembered for the wisdom, lyricism, compassion and immersive beauty of her writing. In her lifetime, she published eight collections of poetry, many novels for both adults and children, and two collections of short stories. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction with her novel A Spell of Winter, her novel The Siege was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, and her final poetry collection Inside the Wave won the 2017 Costa Book of the Year.