THE WATER HYACINTH SERIES

By M. M. Revere

(Available only at Finsters’ Books, somewhere under the sea)

Book 1 – Hyacinth and the Mermaid’s Torch
Book 2 – Hyacinth and the Temple of Neptune
Book 3—Hyacinth and the Curse of Poseidon
Book 4 – Hyacinth and the Siren’s Ghost
Book 5 – Hyacinth and the Cave of the Argonauts *

* Currently unfinished. This book’s completion date is uncertain, since Molly’s writing schedule has been interrupted by recent events. She’s now traveling to unspecified locales with Rhymer and the girls. But Molly does expect to finish the book as soon as possible and will send it immediately to her publisher, in New York. 

Update!! Children worldwide know this lovely Boston Mer as M.M. Revere, author of the mega-bestselling "Water Hyacinth" series.  Her full name is Molly Martha Revere.  She's currently incommunicado somewhere in the Pacific, but we understand from sources at Sainte's Porte that her newest Water Hyacinth novel is finished and in the hands of her publisher.  The picture to the left was taken on Sainte's Point seaward beaches.  Courtesy of Tula Bonvendier.

ABOUT THE WATER HYACINTH SERIES

In a shameless homage to the success of the Harry Potter series, the Water Hyacinth series by M. M. Revere features some basic similarities to the J.K. Rowling novels: a lonely child, unaware that he/she is special, discovers a separate world of magic and adventure, complete with loyal friends, strange and wondrous pets, lovable mentors, and evil villains.

But in other respects, Water Hyacinth is very much unique. 

Introduced in the series’ blockbuster first installment, HYACINTH AND THE MERMAID’S TORCH, twelve-year-old Hyacinth Meridian, who has never known her parents, lives a lonely, shy life at a drab orphanage in Victorian era Boston, Massachusetts, until a magical pendant lures her to the harbor docks, where’s she benignly “kidnapped” by dolphins.

The dolphins take her to the fantastic undersea world of Finsters Academy, a school for elite mer-children. The lovably irascible headmistress, Artemisia Coral, explains that Hyacinth is the lost princess of “a small sea kingdom” and that she was hidden for her own protection in the world of “dry people” as a baby, after her parents mysteriously disappeared in the sinister NAME OF FOREVER. 

But now she’s been found, and it’s time for her to learn all the magic – and responsibilities – of a well-schooled mer princess. Including the spoken charm that transforms scruffy, two-legged Hyacinth into a beautiful twelve-year-old mermaid (and back again, when she wants.)

Thus Hyacinth embarks on a fantastic adventure of discovery, making friends such as BARNABUS NAME, adopting a pet stingray she names Tickle, and yet also coming to realize that the dark forces behind her parents’ disappearance may also be lurking in the abyss, waiting to capture her. 

The plots of the books that follow expand on the mystery of Hyacinth’s parents and put Hyacinth face-to-face with a growing list of villains and allies, some comical, some deadly serious. In the meantime, she solves mysteries, visits amazing places beneath the waters, and embarks on numerous escapades both at Finsters’ and back on dry land in Boston, where Hyacinth is determined to rescue friends she left behind at the orphanage. 
 

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