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24 books with the same feel
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Helene Boudreau
Given to the Sea
Mindy McGinnis · 356 pages
"Khosa is destined to be sacrificed to the sea and struggles to understand her destiny as the kingdom comes under attack and the ocean threatens to destroy them all"--
Ingo
Helen Dunmore · 319 pages
As they search for their missing father near their Cornwall home, Sapphy and her brother Conor learn about their family's connection to the domains of air and of water.
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler · 208 pages
For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep her away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery - about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering
Tangled Tides
Karen Amanda Hooper · 324 pages
Water Tales: Aquamarine and Indigo
Alice Hoffman · 208 pages
Skin of the Sea
Natasha Bowen · 336 pages
To Kill a Kingdom
Alexandra Christo · 344 pages
Daughter of the Pirate King
Tricia Levenseller · 336 pages
A 17-year-old pirate captain intentionally allows herself to get captured by enemy pirates in this thrilling YA adventure.
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.
Trickster's Queen
Tamora Pierce · 537 pages
Aly's adventure continues. . . . No longer a slave, Alanna's daughter is now spying as part of an underground rebellion against the colonial rulers of the Copper Isles. The people in the rebellion believe that a prophecy in which a new queen will rise up to take the throne is about to be realized. Aly is busy keeping the potential teenage queen and her younger siblings safe, while also keeping her
Fish Girl
Donna Jo Napoli · 187 pages
"Fish Girl, a young mermaid living in a boardwalk aquarium, has never interacted with anyone beyond the walls of her tank until a chance encounter with an ordinary girl, Livia. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium tank"--
Truthwitch
Susan Dennard · 415 pages
"On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a 'witchery,' a magical skill that sets them apart from others. In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble--as two desperate young women know all too well"--Front jacket flap.
Undertow
Michael Buckley · 378 pages
A sixteen-year-old girl is caught in an epic clash of civilizations when a society of undersea warriors marches out of the ocean into modern-day Coney Island. A sixteen-year-old girl is caught in an epic clash of civilizations when a society of undersea warriors marches out of the ocean into modern-day Coney Island. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and graphic violence.
Of Neptune
Anna Banks · 336 pages
Emma, who is half human and half Syrena, and her Syrena love Galen, need time together. Alone. Away from the kingdoms of Poseidon and Triton. Emma's grandfather, the Poseidon king, suggests the two visit a small town called Neptune. Neptune is home to both Syrena and Half Breeds alike. But Emma and Galen didn't sign up to be peacemakers between the ocean and land-dwelling, freshwater Syrena. They
Waterfell
Amalie Howard · 364 pages
Disguised as a human teen while waiting for the day she can claim her birthright as heir to her murdered father's undersea kingdom, Nerissa Marin is challenged to a battle to the death by her family's betrayer when she comes of age.
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.