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Ocean & Marine Life Middle Grade – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Ocean & Marine Life Middle Grade

Explore middle grade books about ocean & marine life for children.

88 books

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Moominpappa at Sea

Bored with the predictable heat of the valley, Moominpappa yearns for the open sea where everything is fresh, strange, a

Cover of Amy's Eyes

Richard Kennedy

A girl turned doll and a doll turned captain lead a crew of Mother Goose animals across pirate-filled seas in a grand se

Cover of The Deep

When the ancient, shape-shifting Kraken wakes from its slumber, Sapphire and her brother Conor must journey into the Dee

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Seacrow Island

Astrid Lindgren

For families longing for a slow, sun-drenched summer where children roam free, explore rocky shores, and find magic in t

Ages 8–12

Cover of A Sea So Far

United by grief and a love for stories, two girls from very different worlds flee the wreckage of the 1906 San Francisco

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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #27

The Secret of the Wooden Lady

While visiting an old clipper ship in Boston, Nancy Drew and her friends stumble upon a maritime mystery that only they

Cover of The Whispering Statue

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #14

The Whispering Statue

A missing marble statue and a mysterious bookstore lead Nancy Drew to a seaside yacht club to solve a puzzling new case.

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Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights #14

Crisis at Crystal Reef

Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta

Anja Gallandro flees the Jedi academy for the spice mines of Kessel, forcing her friends to chase her into a dangerous g

Cover of Blart: The Boy Who Set Sail on a Questionable Quest

Blart: The Boy Who Set Sail on a Questionable Quest

For the middle-grade reader who loves to question the rules and finds traditional hero stories a bit too serious: a hila

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Jack Plank Tells Tales

Natalie Babbitt

Jack Plank is a pirate who isn't very good at plundering. At his new boardinghouse, he tells hilarious stories about why

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Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse

Ursula Moray Williams

A loyal little wooden horse sets out on a grand journey to seek his fortune and help the toymaker who has fallen on diff

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The Mist Trilogy #1

The Prince of Mist

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

In a seaside town in 1943, three friends must confront an evil magician who has returned from the dead to settle a terri

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Dencey Coffyn #1

Downright Dencey

Caroline Dale Snedeker

For the child who has ever felt the weight of a past mistake and longs to make it right through quiet acts of kindness a

Cover of Pippi Goes Aboard

Pippi Longstocking #2

Pippi Goes Aboard

Astrid Lindgren

The world's strongest girl returns for more high-spirited fun and wild antics alongside her loyal best friends, Tommy an

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The Hardy Boys #4

The Missing Chums

Franklin W. Dixon

Strange events in their small town lead Joe and Frank Hardy onto a dangerous path of high-stakes robberies and daring re

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Diary of an Ice Princess #3

Christina Soontornvat

Princess Lina just wants to be a normal student, but a school field trip to the aquarium turns icy when her mischievous

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The Bad Guys #1

Mr. Wolf and his misunderstood crew are tired of being the villains, so they are launching a daring mission to break two

Cover of Escape

Six different kids must survive a shipwreck and a vicious storm on the Pacific Ocean with no food, no water, and almost

Cover of Growing Home

A grumpy goldfish and a crew of singing plants gain magical powers to protect their home from a mysterious man in purple

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The Hybrid Prince

Tui T. Sutherland

Umber leaves his life as a goofy little brother behind to protect his sister, fleeing to a hidden island of dragons wher

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The Candy Shop War #2

Arcade Catastrophe

Winning tickets at Arcadeland might grant kids the power to fly or breathe underwater, but Nate suspects a darker secret

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Spirit Animals #5

Against the Tide

Tui T. Sutherland

Shadows crowd the sunny Hundred Isles as four young heroes realize their secrets are being leaked by a traitor hidden in

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Wilderness Days

Jennifer L. Holm

Sixteen-year-old Jane traded Philadelphia etiquette for the rough Washington frontier. Surviving shipwrecks and smallpox

Cover of The Galveston Hurricane, 1900

The Galveston Hurricane, 1900

A glittering island city is swept away by a monstrous storm, forcing one brave child to fight the rising floodwaters to

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