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Click on the links below to find out if these books are available at your local County Library. If not, place them on hold, and they'll be delivered to your Library where you can pick them up.

Aqua

by Kozue Amano

After 150 years of terraforming, the planet Mars has become very aquatic and has been renamed to "Aqua." After landing her job as an intern at Aria Company, Akari works hard to sharpen her skills, makes new friends, and tries to adapt the laid-back lifestyle at Aqua. Grades 8+

The Dark Pond

by Joseph Bruchac

When a strange force draws Armie towards a dark, shadowy pond in the woods, he looks towards ancient Native American folklore for help regarding the dangerous monster lurking underneath the water. Grades 5-9

Exodus

by Julie Bertagna

Fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities just in time as her island home of Wing is about to be covered by water, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in order to save themselves. Grades 9+

Girl at Sea

by Maureen Johnson

Reluctantly, high school junior Clio Ford gives up her dream job and a potential first kiss to go on a working vacation with her estranged father on a yacht in Italy. Grades 9+

Ingo

by Helen Dunmore

When Sapphy and her brother go searching for their father who went missing near their Cornwall home, they learn more about their familys affinity to air and water. Grades 5-9

Mermaid Park

by Beth Mayall

Sixteen-year-old Amy immerses herself in her job at a mermaid-themed water show to escape family difficulties and finds romance, self-confidence and startling revelations about long buried family secrets. Grades 8-11

Nation

by Terry Pratchett

Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives after a devastating tsunami.

Pirate Curse

by Kai Meyer

In an alternative Pirates of the Caribbean world, two 14-year-old polliwogs people who can walk on water rely on a mysterious figure known as the Ghost Trader and a band of pirates to help them escape from the evil chasing them. Grades 6-9

The She

by Carol Plum-Ucci

Years after Evan Barrett and his older brother left their seaside home in West Hook to escape bad memories of a family tragedy at sea, Evan must now face worse questions when he tries to help a fellow student cope with another tragedy. Grades 8+

The Wreckers

by Iain Lawrence

Fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded after they were shipwrecked. Grades 5-9