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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Crossing of Ingo
Helen Dunmore · 367 pages
Sapphy and her brother Conor have been called to take part in an ancient and dangerous coming-of-age ritual, but Ervys and his followers are determined to stop them.
In a Glass Grimmly
Adam Gidwitz
Companion to: A tale dark & Grimm. Follows Frog (who is not a prince) as he hops out of his own story and joins cousins Jack and Jill to seek a magic mirror, encoutering such creatures as giants, mermaids, and goblins along the way. Based in part on Mother Goose rhymes and fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Andersen.
The Undrowned Child
Michelle Lovric · 442 pages
In this macabre tale 11-year-old Teodora has always longed to visit Venice, and at last she has her chance. But strange and sinister things are afoot in the beautiful floating city. Teo is quickly subsumed into a secret world in which salty-tongued mermaids run subversive printing presses, ghosts good and bad patrol the streets, statues speak, rats read, and librarians fluidly turn into cats. And
Sirens and Sea Monsters
Mary Pope Osborne, Homer · 105 pages
The Water Mirror
Kai Meyer · 250 pages
In a place similar to Venice, Italy, two teenaged orphans, apprenticed to a maker of magic mirrors, begin to realize that their fates are tied to the magical protector of the city known as the Flowing Queen and to the ruler of Hell, respectively.
Rise of the Isle of the Lost
Melissa de la Cruz · 289 pages
Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay take on the daughter of Disney villain Ursula the sea witch, in a race to save King Triton's magical trident.
Roverandom
J.R.R. Tolkien · 128 pages
Roverandom is a novella written by J.R.R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925. It deals with the adventures of a young dog, Rover. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the moon and under the sea in order to find the wizard again to turn him back into a normal-sized dog. The author wrote Roverandom for his son Michael Tolkien to amuse him upon the loss of his fav
Secret of the Sirens
Julia Golding · 357 pages
Upon moving to her aunt's seaside home in the British Isles, Connie becomes part of a secret society that shelters mythical creatures, and must use her ability to communicate with these beings to protect them from evil and the incursions of humans.
Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep
Liz Kessler · 219 pages
Picture an island set in a glittering blue sea, sparkling with white sand and palm trees, a secret place where humans and merfolk live together. To Emily Windsnap — half mermaid, half human — her new home is perfect. That is, until Emily ruins everything by waking a legendary sea monster known as the kraken from its hundred-year sleep. . . . An enchanting tale with a fabulous monster, engaging cha
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand
Gail Carson Levine · 199 pages
Three fairies from Never Land must deliver a wand they promised to the mermaid who has threatened to flood their home in Fairy Haven.
The Sea Fairies
L. Frank Baum · 128 pages
This is a tale of life beneath the sea, of mermaids and sea serpents and other strange inhabitants of the ocean depths. A little girl named Trot and Cap'n Bill, an old sailor, are invited by several mermaids to come and visit their under-water home. Baum wrote this story in the hope of interesting his readers in something other than Oz; in the preface he writes: "I hope my readers who have so long
The Burning Bridge
John Flanagan · 278 pages
Bracing for a final clash with the evil warlord Morgarath, the Rangers rally the kingdom's allies, and Will is chosen, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to nearby Celtica. But the simple mission soon takes an unsettling turn - the Celticans have disappeared, their town abandoned. The scheming hand of Morgarath, it seems, has been far from idle. He has found a way to bring his legions
Star of Stone
Pierdomenico Baccalario
In their continuing adventures, Elettra, Sheng, and Minstral meet Harvey and Ermite in New York City and follow the clues to find the mysterious Star of Stone.
Serpent Mage
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman · 407 pages
After the four worlds Alfred has at last found his people on Chelstra, the realm of sea. But his travels have taught him to be cautious... and Alfred soon realizes his caution is justified, even among his own kind. The one person Alfred can trust is, strangely, Haplo the Patryn. But Haplo's lord has decreed all Sartan to be the enemy, and Haplo dares not go against his lord. Now the compani
Empress of the Underworld
Gilbert L. Morris · 153 pages
Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jones · 293 pages
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare.
Salamandastron
Brian Jacques · 389 pages
Redwall slumbers in the summer sun, unaware that the mountain stronghold of Salamandastron lies besieged by the weasel army of Ferahgo the Assassin. Or that danger is creeping towards the Abbey in the form of the deadly Dryditch fever. But when Mara the badger leaves Salamandastron, and the sword of Martin the Warrior sends Samkin and Arula from Redwall, the fates of the two strongholds becomes
The Sand Warrior
Mark Siegel, Alexis Siegel · 249 pages
Prince Caspian (full color)
C. S. Lewis · 244 pages
The four Pevensies help Capsian battle Miraz and ascend his rightful throne.
The Diamond of Darkhold
Jeanne DuPrau · 294 pages
It's been several months since Lina and Doon escaped the dying city of Ember and, along with the rest of their people, joined the town of Sparks. Now, struggling through the harsh winter aboveground, they find an unusual book. Torn up and missing most of its pages, it alludes to a mysterious device from before the Disaster, which they believe is still in Ember. Together, Lina and Doon must go back
The Gammage Cup
Carol Kendall · 283 pages
A handful of Minnipins, a sober and sedate people, rise up against the Periods, the leading family of an isolated mountain valley, and are exiled to a mountain where they discover that the ancient enemies of their people are preparing to attack.