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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

Cover of Deeplight

Frances Hardinge

The gods are dead, but their beating hearts still hold power. Hark must decide how much he will risk to save his transfo

Cover of Salt

Hannah Moskowitz

For the teenager navigating the weight of family responsibility and the heavy shadows of grief while trying to find thei

Cover of The Last True Poets of the Sea

The Last True Poets of the Sea

For the teen navigating the heavy waves of a family member's mental health crisis and seeking their own sense of worth a

Cover of The Lost Voyage of John Cabot

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The Lost Voyage of John Cabot

Henry Garfield

Sebastian Cabot sets sail into the unknown, desperate to find the father and brothers who vanished years earlier while s

Ages 12–16

Cover of The Light at the Bottom of the World

Light at the Bottom of the World #1

The Light at the Bottom of the World

For the teen feeling the weight of family injustice and the drive to fix a broken system. A high-stakes race through a f

Cover of The Sea Is Salt and So Am I

The Sea Is Salt and So Am I

Cassandra Hartt

For the teenager grappling with the weight of hidden struggles and the fear that their world, much like the shoreline, i

Cover of Inland

Struggling with a mysterious illness and the memory of her mother’s drowning, Callie moves to the arid desert to escape

Cover of Jelly

Martha is trapped on the back of a giant jellyfish with a crew of people who can't remember how they got there, and now

Cover of Mermaid Moon

For the teenager navigating the ache of not belonging and the complex search for a mother's love in a world that feels b

Cover of Drift & Dagger

Salt & Storm #2

For the teenager grappling with feelings of betrayal or the need for closure after a friendship ends. A journey about he

Cover of Cursebreaker

Pirate Aster Oberon must outrun an evil queen to find three mythical relics before the barrier between the heavens and t

Cover of Forbidden

Trapped in a hostile 19th-century village, sixteen-year-old Josie must face natural and supernatural threats to expose a

Cover of A Forgery of Fate

Six Crimson Cranes #3

A Forgery of Fate

Tru can paint the future, but to save her family from debt, she must marry a cursed dragon lord and help him infiltrate

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Graceling Realm #5

Kristin Cashore

For the teen navigating the quiet aftermath of trauma who needs to see that survival is as much about emotional processi

Cover of The Village by the Sea

The Village by the Sea

Desperate to save their home after falling on hard times, Lila and Hari must find the strength to support their family w

Cover of Beyond the Break

Beyond the Break

For the teenager navigating the balance between their faith, family expectations, and the pull of a first major crush.

Cover of House of Salt and Sorrows

Sisters of the Salt #1

House of Salt and Sorrows

Twelve sisters, a manor by the sea, and a series of tragic deaths lead Annaleigh into a world of ghostly visions and gli

Cover of Merrow

Ananda Braxton-Smith

Torn between her island home and legends of the sea, Neen searches for the truth behind her mother's mysterious disappea

Cover of A Prince Among Pirates

A Prince Among Pirates #1

A Prince Among Pirates

Fleeing a stiff life of ballroom etiquette and an arranged marriage, a headstrong nobleman finds unexpected freedom and

Cover of Shark Girl

After a shark attack changes her life in an instant, fifteen-year-old Jane must piece her world back together through ar

Cover of So Witches We Became

So Witches We Became

Jill Baguchinsky

A private island getaway turns into a supernatural nightmare as a vengeful mist and a devouring beast force a group of f

Cover of Never Never

Disney Villains #9

Serena Valentino

James escaped Neverland as a baby, but as he grows up in London, he will do anything—even join a pirate crew—to find his

Cover of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

April Genevieve Tucholke

Violet falls for the mysterious stranger living in her guest house, but dark occurrences soon echo her grandmother's chi

Cover of The Ship Beyond Time

The Girl from Everywhere #2

The Ship Beyond Time

For the teen grappling with the weight of family expectations and the desire to rewrite a difficult future while finding

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