Mermaid Party

by Linda Chapman

Published 5 January 2006
Electra, the nine-year old mermaid with legs instead of a tail is back and in search of even more adventure!

It's New Year on Mermaid Island. Every year a young Queen of the New Year is chosen and Electra is desperate for it to be her! So she might get chosen, Electra and her dolphin friend, Splash, decide to swim over to the grotto to help the grown-ups decorate it for the New Party.

But Electra and Splash get carried away and make a BIG mess in the grotto. Sent away to behave, the two of them discover tunnels at the back of the grotto which lead to the deep sea. All the tunnels are safely blocked up except one. Electra and Splash try and tell the adults but they are too busy fixing the mess to listen!

So when a group of sharks swim down the tunnel and threaten to eat everybody it's up to Electra and Splash (and a giant ink squirting squid) to save the day!

Mermaid Wish

by Linda Chapman

Published 3 August 2006
The sixth title in the Not Quite a Mermaid series - an underwater world of magic and adventure!

Electra really wants to go and explore the shipwreck near Mermaid Island. She thinks she might find objects that would help her discover things about the human world she came from. But Maris, her adopted mermaid Mum, won't let her go as it's too dangerous. But Electra won't let that stop her...

Mermaid Treasure

by Linda Chapman

Published 1 June 2006
When Electra hears of hidden treasure in the caves near Mermaid Island she is very excited.

She and her mer-friends decide to form a treasure hunters club but their first hunt is abandoned when everyone gets stung by purple jellyfish! On the way home Electra finds a tiny rare dwarf seahorse surrounded by the same jellyfish. She swims in and saves him before he gratefully swims off to his secret seahorse lair.

No one wants to explore very far after being stung and Electra gets very frustrated - in fact she and Sasha have a big fight about it. Sasha is so upset that she swims off - in the wrong direction! Electra swims after her but before they realise it they're both lost. Luckily the tiny seahorse appears again to lead them back to safety and on the way he leads them to a secret cave with a very special surprise!

Mermaid Fire

by Linda Chapman

Published 1 September 2005
You don't need a tail to make a splash!

Elecktra is a human mermaid - a mermaid with legs instead of a tail. Abandoned as a tiny baby, she was found and adopted by the merpeople of Mermaid Island, who gave her sea-powder so that she could live and breathe underwater. Now aged nine, Elecktra's desire for adventure is always getting her into trouble!

When Elektra's class learn how to dive down and collect magic mermaid fire, Elektra is keen to get more than everybody else! But to do this, she will have to swim away from the safety of the reef and deep deep down to the bottom of the dark and scary sea bed. When Elektra and her dolphin friend Splash dive down, they not only find mermaid fire but a whole of danger as well!

Mermaid Island

by Linda Chapman

Published 27 January 2005
Elecktra is a human mermaid - a mermaid with legs instead of a tail. Abandoned as a tiny baby, she was found by the merpeople of Mermaid Island. They decided to adopt her and gave her sea-powder so that she could live and breathe underwater. Now aged nine, Elecktra is always getting into trouble, usually because of her desire to have adventures. Whereas most of the merpeople are content to stay within the safety of the coral reef that encircles Mermaid Island, Elecktra longs for excitement. She often leads the other merchildren astray but then saves the day through her resourcefulness and courage.

Mermaid Tricks

by Linda Chapman

Published 31 January 2008
Electra is having a brilliant time playing scary tricks on all her mermaid friends – and when Sparkle, the baby seahorse, joins in they have even more fun.

But not everyone finds Electra's tricks very funny and when she tries to warn her friends about something truly dangerous, no one will listen to her!

How will Electra make her friends believe her now?

Mermaid Surprise

by Linda Chapman

Published 7 June 2007
Electra is so excited about Gran's birthday party. She knows the perfect present to get her - a baby sea mouse!

But a scary snake has been spotted in the caves where the baby sea mice live.

Only a super brave mermaid would swim out there now!

Mermaid Promise

by Linda Chapman

Published 3 July 2008
Electra has had a great idea. It's been a year since her best dolphin friend, Splash, came to live on Mermaid Island – so she's going to throw him a party! But when Splash meets some other wild dolphins, Electra is scared that he will want to swim away with them for ever.

How can Electra make Splash stay?

Mermaid Friends

by Linda Chapman

Published 2 March 2006
Electra and her school friends are off on an overnight trip to Craggy island. When they arrive, Electra sees some of the older mermaids looking at her and giggling and she is upset to discover they're laughing at the fact that she has legs instead of a tail! The girls are even meaner later on when they tell Electra and her friends that the island caves, they plan to have a midnight feast in, are haunted.


The next day the older mermaids swim off to the rocks where a special moss grows that will make their hair shine. But later on, Electra sees that the girls have got stranded on the rocks and their tails are burning in the sun! Even though their teacher told them not to approach the rocks, Electra decides to go and help the girls as she is the only one who can because of her legs!


The older girls are so grateful that they show Electra and her friends an underwater grotto, lit up by mermaid fire with tiny pink jellyfish and seahorses where they all have the best midnight feast ever!

Mermaid Rescue

by Linda Chapman

Published 3 April 2008
Electra is very excited. Two of the older mermaids, Keri and Marina, have asked her if she would like to go camping with them on Craggy Island. What an adventure!

But the adventure comes to an abrupt end when Electra's mum tells her that she is too young and won't let her go.

How will Electra have any fun now?