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Ocean & Marine Life Young Adult – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Ocean & Marine Life Young Adult

Explore young adult books about ocean & marine life for children.

105 books

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The Great Godden

For the teenager navigating the blurry lines between admiration and obsession, this atmospheric summer tale explores the

Cover of How the Other Half Die

How the Other Half #1

How the Other Half Die

For the teen grappling with the unfairness of the world, this high-stakes thriller explores survival and the widening ga

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For the teenager who feels like the only one without a 'special talent,' this adventure explores finding your own streng

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The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

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The Liars of Mariposa Island

Jennifer Mathieu

For the teenager grappling with complex family dynamics, this 1980s-set drama explores the heavy burden of secrets and t

Ages 14–18

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Alice Brie`re-Haquet

For the teen who feels like an outsider and is beginning to question humanity's impact on the natural world and our plac

Cover of Passenger

Alexandra Bracken

Violin prodigy Etta Spencer is swept from her world into a race across centuries and continents to find a stolen object

Cover of Girl Overboard

For the teen navigating the pressure of high-status social circles while trying to keep their own sense of self and smal

Cover of History Is All You Left Me

History Is All You Left Me

For teens navigating the devastating loss of a first love and the complex layers of grief, guilt, and mental health that

Cover of Atlantia

When Rio is stranded in the underwater city of Atlantia by her sister's sudden choice, she must use her forbidden siren

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Against the Tide

Ariel must reunite her estranged sisters and venture into forbidden waters to solve the mystery of their mother and save

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The Summer I Turned Pretty #1

The Summer I Turned Pretty

Summer in Cousins feels different this year as Belly navigates first heartbreaks and a family illness that forces everyo

Cover of The Siren

Kahlen is a beautiful, deadly weapon for the Ocean, but falling for a human boy means breaking the sisterhood's most dan

Cover of The Rest of the Story

The Rest of the Story

Emma Saylor spends a summer between two worlds at North Lake, uncovering her mother's past and finding herself caught be

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The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea #1

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

An orphan hiding as a pirate and a lady fleeing an arranged marriage form an unlikely bond while planning a daring escap

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A Study in Drowning #2

A Theory of Dreaming

Effy is making history at her college, but as war breaks out, her dreams and reality begin to blur into a dangerous and

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Realm Breaker #1

Victoria Aveyard

The last of an ancient lineage must join forces with an immortal and an assassin to stop a man determined to burn every

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The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea #2

The Siren, the Song, and the Spy

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Resistance fighters and spies unite to topple a ruthless empire as the Sea herself begins to fade in this epic battle fo

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Billie leaves her cramped city life for a house by the sea, where she hopes to solve the mystery of her family's past an

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The Magic School Bus #10

Inside a Hurricane

A routine class trip to the weather station takes a wild turn when Ms. Frizzle drives the bus straight into the heart of

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The Dark Frigate

Charles Boardman Hawes

A young man finds himself trapped among a pirate crew after his ship is captured, leaving him unable to return home to E

Cover of Water

Tully must never go near the water, but a mysterious visitor at the door is about to reveal exactly why her father keeps

Cover of Wreck

A rusted freighter washed up after a cyclone looks like a playground to Reene and Ian, but the abandoned ship holds a te

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Horrible Science #4

Discover which scientist ate a poisonous snake for dinner and where to find dragons with bad breath in this wild hunt fo

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The Forest of Hands and Teeth #2

The Dead-Tossed Waves

Trapped between a dark forest and a hungry ocean, Gabry must leave her safe lighthouse to face the secrets of the dead a

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