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Emily Windsnap: Three Swishy Mermaid Tales: Books 1-3

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Aquamarine

Alice Hoffman · 105 pages

Hailey and Claire are spending their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There in the depths is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken heart: a mermaid named Aquamarine who has left her six sisters to search for love on land. Now, as this mythological yet very real being starts to fade in the burni

Mermaids and SirensMiddle GradeWhimsicalTeen Protagonist
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Harry Potter Boxset

J.K. Rowling

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The Mermaid's Sister

Carrie Anne Noble

Mermaids and SirensWhimsicalFantasyFirst Person Narrator
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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

Mermaids and SirensWhimsicalMiddle GradeFantasy
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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 SirensTeen ProtagonistFantasyFirst Person Narrator
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Lorali

Laura Dockrill · 340 pages

Looking after a naked girl he found washed up under Hastings pier isn't exactly how Rory had imagined spending his sixteenth birthday. But more surprising than finding her in the first place is discovering where she has come from. Lorali has rejected life as a mermaid, and become human. But along with Lorali's arrival, and the freak weather suddenly battering the coast, more strange visitors begin

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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 SirensTeen ProtagonistMiddle GradeFantasy
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The Third Wish

Emily Rodda · 113 pages

When her home is threatened by fire, Jessie returns to the magical world of the Realm and visits the mermaids of Under-Sea to search for a wish-stone.

Mermaids and SirensMiddle GradeWhimsicalFantasy
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Sink or Swim

Sarah Mlynowski · 165 pages

Once again Abby and her brother Jonah go through the magic mirror in their basement, and this time they find themselves interfering in the Little Mermaid story--and needing to set things right and make sure everyone has a happy ending.

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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.

Mermaids and SirensMiddle GradeFantasyFemale Lead
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Deep Blue

Jennifer Donnelly · 360 pages

Serafina, daughter of Isabella, Queen of Miromara, has been raised with the expectation - and burden - that she will someday become ruler of the oldest civilization of the merfolk. On the eve of the Dokimí ceremony, which will determine if she is worthy of the crown, Sera is haunted by a strange dream that foretells the return of an ancient evil. But her nightmare is forgotten the next day as she

Mermaids and SirensMiddle GradeFantasyFemale Lead
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The Chronicles of Narnia

Clive Staples Lewis · 68 pages

Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures and epic battles between good and evil.

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The Chronicles of Narnia

C.S. Lewis · 768 pages

Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battle between good and evil - what more could any reader ask for in one book? The book that has it all is THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, written in 1919 by C.S. Lewis. But Lewis did not stop there. Six more books followed and together they became known as The Chronicles of Narnia. For the past fifty years, The Chronicles of

Box SetMiddle GradeWhimsicalFantasy
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The Siren Song

Anne Ursu · 435 pages

Mermaids and SirensMiddle GradeFantasyOcean and Ships
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Skin of the Sea

Natasha Bowen · 336 pages

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The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. 2

Diana Wynne Jones · 560 pages

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Dork Diaries Box Set (Books 1-6)

Rachel Renee Russell

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The Wrinkle in Time Quintet - Digest Size Boxed Set

Madeleine L'Engle · 244 pages

A boxed set of five volumes featuring the Murray children and their friends as they travel through time and encounter strange creatures.

Box SetMiddle GradeTeen ProtagonistFantasy
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Tempest Rising

Tracy Deebs · 344 pages

Mermaids and SirensFantasyFirst Person NarratorFemale Lead
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The Siren

Kiera Cass · 331 pages

"You must never do anything that might expose our secret. This means that, in general, you cannot form close bonds with humans. You can speak to us, and you can always commune with the Ocean, but you are deadly to humans. You are, essentially, a weapon. A very beautiful weapon. I won't lie to you, it can be a lonely existence, but once you are done, you get to live. All you have to give, for now,

Mermaids and SirensTeen ProtagonistFantasyOcean and Ships
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The Mermaid's Mirror

L.K. Madigan · 320 pages

Lena has lived her whole life near the beach, walking the shore, breathing the salty air, swimming in the cold water, and watching the surfers rule the waves. As her sixteenth birthday approaches, Lena vows to learn to surf. Her father forbids it. But something Lena can’t identify at first—an ancient, powerful magic—keeps drawing her to the water. One day, she finally catches sight of it: a beauti

Mermaids and SirensTeen ProtagonistFantasyFemale Lead

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