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Daughter of the Siren Queen

Tricia Levenseller · 364 pages

Alosa's mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders.

Mermaids and SirensQuest NarrativeOcean and ShipsFantasy
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Sea Spell

Jennifer Donnelly · 396 pages

Serafina prepares Ling, Neela, Becca and the rest of the Black Fins for war, to stop the Volneros from seizing the mer realms. But only when sea sisters Ava and Astrid find the remaining two talismans will the combined power of all six be strong enough to stop the devastating attack on the underworld. No charm will protect Ava as she faces the murderous Okwa Naholo spirits that lie deep within the

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsQuest NarrativeYoung Adult
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Tempest Rising

Tracy Deebs · 344 pages

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsYoung AdultFantasy
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To Kill a Kingdom

Alexandra Christo · 344 pages

Mermaids and SirensQuest NarrativeOcean and ShipsYoung Adult
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Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsFantasyYoung Adult
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Axie Oh · 325 pages

Gods & MythologyQuest NarrativeOcean and ShipsYoung Adult
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Black Ships

Jo Graham · 448 pages

"Haunting and bittersweet, lush and vivid, this extraordinary story has lived with me since I first read it." --Naomi Novik, author of His Majesty's DragonThe world is ending. One by one the mighty cities are falling, to earthquakes, to flood, to raiders on both land and sea. In a time of war and doubt, Gull is an oracle. Daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, chosen at the age of seven to be

Slavery DepictedOcean and ShipsQuest NarrativeFantasy
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Tangled Tides

Karen Amanda Hooper · 324 pages

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsYoung AdultFantasy
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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"--

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsGods & MythologyYoung Adult
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Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi · 560 pages

Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie's Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.

Gods & MythologyQuest NarrativeYoung AdultFantasy
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The Siren Song

Anne Ursu · 435 pages

Mermaids and SirensGods & MythologyOcean and ShipsFantasy
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Trickster's Choice

Tamora Pierce · 464 pages

Tamora Pierce brings readers another Tortall adventure! Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, the first lady knight in Tortall. Young Aly follows in the quieter footsteps of her father, however, delighting in the art of spying. When she is captured and sold as a slave to an exiled royal family in the faraway Copper Islands, it is this skill that makes a difference in a world filled

Slavery DepictedGods & MythologyOcean and ShipsYoung Adult
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Of Poseidon

Anna Banks · 331 pages

Galen, prince of the Syrena, is sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. He finds Emma and after several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, Galen becomes convinced Emma holds the key to his kingdom. Galen, the prince of Syrena, is sent to land to find a girl who communicates with fish. He finds Emma and after several encounters, including a deadly one wit

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsYoung AdultFantasy
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Sue Lynn Tan · 503 pages

Gods & MythologyQuest NarrativeFantasySeries Starter
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The 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.

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsQuest NarrativeFantasy
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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

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsFantasyFirst Person Narrator
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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"--

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsYoung AdultFantasy
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A Torch Against the Night

Sabaa Tahir

Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire. Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars' survival. And Elias is determined to

Quest NarrativeSlavery DepictedGods & MythologyYoung Adult
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The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan · 586 pages

Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can't blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon figurehead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't appe

Gods & MythologyOcean and ShipsQuest NarrativeYoung Adult
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Shannon Chakraborty · 307 pages

"A thrilling, transportative adventure that is everything promised–Chakraborty's storytelling is fantasy at its best." -- R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War "An exhilarating, propulsive adventure, stitched from the threads of real history, Amina’s adventures are the reason to read fantasy." -- Ava Reid, internationally bestselling author of Juniper & Thorn

Quest NarrativeGods & MythologyOcean and ShipsFantasy
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Atlantia

Ally Condie · 318 pages

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsYoung AdultFantasy
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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.

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsYoung AdultFantasy
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Tiger's Curse

Colleen Houck · 456 pages

The last thing teenager Kelsey Hayes thought she'd be doing over the summer was meeting Ren, a mysterious white tiger and cursed Indian prince! When she learns she alone can break the Tiger's curse, Kelsey's life is turned upside-down. The unlikely duo journeys halfway around the world to piece together an Indian prophecy, find a way to free the man trapped by a centuries-old spell, and discover t

Gods & MythologyQuest NarrativeYoung AdultFantasy
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The Mermaid's Sister

Carrie Anne Noble

Mermaids and SirensOcean and ShipsFantasyYoung Adult

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