Our #MGCarousel reading challenge this month is all about WATER. If you’re prepared to dive in, CJ and Elza have gathered 20 Middle Grade books that feature seaworthy vessels, aquatic athletes, wet and wild underwater adventures, mythical marine creatures, secret islands, and much more!


Starfish
Lisa Fipps


The Voyage to Magical North
Clare Fayers


The Line Tender
Kate Allen


Mary Underwater
Shannon Doleski


How to Make Friends with the Sea
Tanya Guerrero


Finding Someplace
Denise Lewis Patrick


Magic Marks the Spot
Caroline Carlson


A Drop of Hope
Keith Calabrese


Hello from Renn Lake
Michele Weber Hurwitz


Samira Surfs
Rukhsanna Guidroz


Alan Cole is Not a Coward
Eric Bell


Odder
Katherine Applegate


The Girl from the Sea
Molly Knox Ostertag


Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas


Into the Wind
William Loizeaux


The Aquanaut
Dan Santat


Dark Waters
Katherine Arden


Gold Rush Girl
Avi


Atlantis: The Brink of War
Gregory Mone


Song for a Whale
Lynne Kelly
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