The Tide Knot. Helen Dunmore

      

      The TIDE KNOT

      by

      Helen Dunmore

       Copyright

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      First published in hardback by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2006 First published in paperback by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2007

      Copyright © Helen Dunmore 2006

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      Source ISBN: 9780007464111

      Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2012 ISBN: 9780007369294

      Version: 2017-03-28

       Dedication

      FOR ISSY CHEUNG

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

       Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Keep Reading

       Beyond the Book

       Spotlight on Helen Dunmore

       Dolphins Whistling

       Tides

       Dolphins

       Sperm Whales

       Travelling Fish

       Drowned Villages

       Have you Ever Wondered?

       About the Author

       In this Series

       About the Publisher

       CHAPTER ONE

      Ingo at night. It’s not completely dark, though. The moon is riding high, and there’s enough light to turn the water a rich, mysterious blue.

      I am deep in Ingo, swimming through the moonlit water. Faro’s here somewhere, I’m sure he is. I can’t see him, but I’m not scared. There’s just enough light to see by. There’s a glimmer of rock – and a green and silver school of mackerel—

      Imagine being lost underwater in total blackness. I’d panic. But it’s dangerous to panic in Ingo. You mustn’t think of the Air. You must forget that human beings can’t live underwater, and then you’ll find that you can.

      Faro was here a moment ago, I’m sure of it. He’s keeping himself hidden, but I don’t know why. Even if it was totally dark, I expect he’d still be able to see me through the water. Faro is Mer, and he belongs here. Ingo is his home. And I’m human, and I don’t belong.

      But