Wet Magic (Illustrated)

The last children's fantasy novel by Edith Nesbit follows the adventures of five children who, thanks to a poem that is actually a magic spell, meet a mermaid. Francis and Bernard and their sisters Mavis and Kathleen join Reuben, a runaway from a gypsy circus, in setting free a captured mermaid who would otherwise die in captivity.Their reward is a voyage to the Mer Kingdom and the delights of the bottom of the sea. But they soon make a mistake that "lets the sea in" and leads to a war...
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The last children's fantasy novel by Edith Nesbit follows the adventures of five children who, thanks to a poem that is actually a magic spell, meet a mermaid. Francis and Bernard and their sisters Mavis and Kathleen join Reuben, a runaway from a gypsy circus, in setting free a captured mermaid who would otherwise die in captivity.Their reward is a voyage to the Mer Kingdom and the delights of the bottom of the sea. But they soon make a mistake that "lets the sea in" and leads to a war between the Mer People and the deep, dark Under Folk. The children join in the fight, in which many different kinds of valiant sea creatures take part, and which also involves good and bad characters out of a magical library.