Author: Christine Purkis

Published: 1999

Publisher: Red Fox

Format: Paperback

Pages: 156

Suitable: Middle Primary (Ages 8+)

Darting through the water, the tiny creature feels a vast shadow and sees gigantic thrashing limbs: a Paddlefoot! Peering into the depths from up above, the girl glimpses a flash of blue and a sequinned tail. Surely she must be dreaming?

Little does Jo know that she has spotted one of the Waterfolk who live behind the waterfall. Soon the destinies of Paddlefeet and Waterfolk are entwined as Jo and her friends battle to save the vulnerable river-dwellers before it's too late