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Lexile/Reading Level
890L

Genre/Category
Fantasy | Fiction

Topic
Loneliness | Mermaids | Mystery
Geographic Region
British Columbia | Canada
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
Book | Ebook

Islander, The

Author: Rylant, Cynthia

The year he is ten, Daniel Jennings meets a mermaid. With a single word, she opens the world for him, though he must puzzle out her meaning over another ten years on the wind-scoured coast of Coquille, the Pacific Northwest island upon which Daniel lives with his grandfather. This haunting, beautiful tale is a story of marvelous happenings in a young man’s life.

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Lexile/Reading Level
NA - Recommended for 1-4 Grades

Genre/Category
Fantasy | Fiction

Topic
Captives | Circus | Mermaids | Mythology | Rescues
Main Character
Boy(s) | Girl(s)
Format
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Wet Magic

Author: Nesbitt, Edith

Book Wet MagicWhen four siblings journey to the seashore for a holiday, one of them unwittingly summons the sister ofa mermaid who is captured by a circus, and the children set out to save the imprisoned being. After a daring midnight rescue, the children’s reward is an incredible journey beneath the waves and into the hidden kingdom of the mermaids. But they soon find themselves in a race against time as they struggle to prevent a war and save their new underwater companions Here is a triumphant tale by one of the finest storytellers to ever write for children, and a pioneer of fantasy literature for this age group.

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GRADELEXILE
1st0-300L
2nd140-500L
3rd330-700L
4th445-810L
5th565-910L
6th665-1000L
7th735-1065L
8th805-1100L
9th855-1165L
10th905-1195L
11th/12th940-1210L
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