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1) The deep
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society -- and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the [...] song "The Deep" from Daveed Diggs's rap group clipping. Yetu holds the memories for her people -- water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners -- who live idyllic...
2) The mermaid
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave...
Author
Series
How to catch-- volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"How do you catch a mermaid? You must use your imagination! Get creative, smart, and clever to make the right creation!"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kathleen has always been dramatic. She suffers from the bizarre malady of experiencing stabbing pain in her feet. On her sixteenth birthday, she woke screaming from the sensation that her tongue had been cut out. No doctor can find a medical explanation for her pain, and even the most powerful drugs have proven useless. Only the touch of seawater can ease her pain, and just temporarily at that. Now Kathleen is a twenty-five-year-old opera student...
6) Night tide
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On leave in a shore side town, Johnny becomes interested in a young dark haired woman. They meet and he learns that she plays a mermaid in the local carnival. After strange occurrences, Johnny begins to believe that she may actually be a real mermaid that habitually kills during the cycle of the full moon.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You may think you know how the fairytale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes. On the run, the mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor with a darkness of their own. Deep in the eerie, snow-crusted forest, the pair stumble upon a village of ageless children who thirst for blood, and the three "saints"...
Author
Series
Tales of elemental spirits volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's
Pub. Date
©2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Description
Presents six short stories about the mythical creatures associated with the element of water.
Author
Series
Lost journals of Ven Polypheme volume 1
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Entries from the long-lost journal of Ven, a Nain youth, relate his adventures as he faces pirates and is rescued by a mermaid and a kindly sea captain who sends Ven to an inn, where he encounters fairies, ghosts, and other strange boarders.
14) Waking storms
Author
Series
Lost voices trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a mermaid versus human war looms on the horizon, Luce falls in love with her sworn enemy Dorian and assumes her rightful role as queen of the mermaids.
Author
Publisher
EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2007, ©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Dive into the undersea world of mermaids and join in their amazing adventures. Harmony braves the spooky Pirates' Graveyard. Marina takes on her rivals in the Great Seahorse Race. And dance-crazy Coral makes a bargain with King Neptune"--
16) Deep trouble
Author
Series
Goosebumps. Original series volume 19
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
While visiting his uncle, Dr. Deep, on a tiny Caribbean island, Billy goes exploring underwater, ignoring warnings to stay away from the coral reef, and is stalked by a half-human, half-fish predator.
Author
Series
Mermaid S.O.S volume 3
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
2008, c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Racing to bring the magic crystals to the Coral Kingdom, the six young mermaids discover a dolphin trapped in a fisherman's net, thanks to the evil Mantora, and Sophie, the fastest swimmer, rushes off to find help.
19) Sink or swim
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Mermaid mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jasmine does not believe the legendary story of the mermaid Aroona, but when she discovers a trail that leads to Aroona's lost treasure, she sets off to find out the truth.
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