Ellie and the Secret Potion: Mermaid S.O.S.

Gillian Shields

Sep 2012 · Bloomsbury Publishing USA

About this ebook

Misty, Ellie, and their fellow mermaids are Sisters of the Sea, going on exciting underwater adventures to help their fellow Merfolk and the sea creatures they meet. When Queen Neptuna sends them to retrieve the magic crystals that give the Merfolk their powers, they find themselves battling the wicked Mantora, who's always making trouble for the mermaids. Misty and her friends must work together to bring the crystals home and make the ocean a better place for all the sea creatures to live.

About the author

Gillian Shields is a long-term contributor to the Bloomsbury list and is the author of the extremely successful Mermaid SOS series. Gillian lives in Burwash Common, East Sussex.

Helen Turner was born in 1980 and grew up in the North East of England. After receiving her BA Honours in Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University in 2003, Helen found her big break illustrating the problem pages for Mizz magazine and star signs for Bliss magazine. In 2005 she started illustrating for children's educational books. Working for Oxford University Press and QED Publishing, Helen has illustrated a wide variety of interesting characters - from alien teachers and tyrannosaurus rex to children with magic socks and talking dolls!