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Reviewer:  Sam P. '12

This fantasy book is about a girl in her twenties, named Kate. Her father studies whirlpools, and when they are visiting a lake they see something very different, "The Whirlpool of Death." According to legend, a ship lands in the lake with the last survivor of the society to find Merlin's thirteen treasures. Kate unexpectedly falls into the mysterious abyss one day, and ends up on a quest to save Merlin's soul.

I recommend this book to anyone who loves stories with endings that twist and turn and are full of action. This book has mystery, suspense, and will keep a fantasy buff reading for hours.

Winter 2005

The Merlin Effect is about a teenage girl, Kaitlyn, who visits a lagoon with her dad in California. They are looking for a ship with treasure that is said to have sunk in a whirpool. Soon, however, Kate discovers that there is more to this story. The myth of the ship and the treasure somehow connect with the legendary wizard, Merlin. Pretty soon Kate and her father are thrown into a mystery and adventure down beneath the waves.

12/1/99
 

The Merlin Effect was a very good science fiction book. It was about a girl named Kate who, with her father, stayed on an island to study a sunken ship on the bottom of the ocean. Her dad was on a quest to find the ship which was said to have carried the precious and powerful horn of Merlin. Kate was sucked into a whirlpool all alone. Her dad was sucked in too. 

Find out how Kate and her dad got reunited and how they saved the horn. I recommend this book because it is exciting with non-stop action.

10/27/98