Ingo

Name: Ingo
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SKU: 9780008765644
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By Helen Dunmore

Series: The Ingo Chronicles

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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... Read More

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

A spellbinding mermaid series for 9+ readers

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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?

Series: The Ingo Chronicles

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Ingo

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...

By Helen Dunmore

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The Crossing of Ingo

Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this fourth novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles. Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo – a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage...

By Helen Dunmore

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The Tide Knot

Stunning anniversary edition of this magical novel in the spellbinding, award-winning Ingo Chronicles… I can’t go back in the house. I’m restless, prickling all over. The wind hits me like slaps from huge invisible hands. But it’s not the wind that worries me. It’s something else, beyond the storm… Sapphire and Conor can’t forget their adventures in Ingo, the mysterious...

By Helen Dunmore

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The Deep

Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this third novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles. A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood – half Mer, half human – can overcome the Kraken. Sapphy must...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

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Stormswept

An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of the Ingo series. Morveren lives with her parents and twin sister Jenna on an island off the coast of Cornwall. As Morveren and Jenna’s relationship shifts and changes, like driftwood on the tide, Morveren finds a beautiful teenage boy in a rock pool after a storm. Going to his...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

Sold Out
The Crossing of Ingo

Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this fourth novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles. Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo – a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

Sold Out
Ingo

Stunning reissue, in beautiful new cover design, 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. Sapphire’s father told her that story when she was little. When he...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

Sold Out

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008765644

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 320

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Helen Dunmore Series: The Ingo Chronicles Young Adult

About the Author

Helen Dunmore is an award-winning novelist and poet as well as a children's writer. She has published eight collections of poetry, and has written nine novels and two collections of short stories. She has won the Orange Prize for Fiction with her novel A Spell of Winter, and her novel The Siege was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Fiction and was serialised on BBC Radio 4. Her latest novel, Counting the Stars, is published in February 2008.

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The Crossing of Ingo

Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this fourth novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles. Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo – a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

$19⁹⁹

In Stock
Ships today
The Tide Knot

Stunning anniversary edition of this magical novel in the spellbinding, award-winning Ingo Chronicles… I can’t go back in the house. I’m restless, prickling all over. The wind hits me like slaps from huge invisible hands. But it’s not the wind that worries me. It’s something else, beyond the storm… Sapphire and Conor can’t forget their adventures in Ingo, the mysterious...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

$19⁹⁹

Available
Ships in 4-6 weeks
The Deep

Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this third novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles. A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood – half Mer, half human – can overcome the Kraken. Sapphy must...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

Sold Out
Stormswept

An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of the Ingo series. Morveren lives with her parents and twin sister Jenna on an island off the coast of Cornwall. As Morveren and Jenna’s relationship shifts and changes, like driftwood on the tide, Morveren finds a beautiful teenage boy in a rock pool after a storm. Going to his...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

Sold Out
The Crossing of Ingo

Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this fourth novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles. Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo – a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

Sold Out
Ingo

Stunning reissue, in beautiful new cover design, 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. Sapphire’s father told her that story when she was little. When he...

By Helen Dunmore

Paperback

Sold Out

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