The Tide Knot
The Tide Knot is a children's novel by English writer Helen Dunmore, published in 2006 and the second of the Ingo tetralogy (preceded by Ingo and followed by The Deep and The Crossing of Ingo). It won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Silver Award and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Plot Sapphire, Conor, and their mother have moved to St Pirans with Roger, leaving behind their cottage by the sea, where their dad disappeared two years ago. Conor has adapted to this new life, but Sapphire cannot. She is withdrawn and restless, and her only relief is the underwater world of Ingo. She goes there more frequently, even without Conor, who has given up going, and prefers his life in the air. A new couple are living in their old house. The woman on crutches has the look of Ingo on her face but does not know of the world beneath the sea. The Lady- Gloria asks a lot of questions and they talk a lot. The lady would like to see Sapphire again so they can go to the cove. One evening Sapphire takes her beloved dog Sadie for a walk along the sea, but the call of