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VaughanPL: 9 Teen Reads for a Rainy Day Mood

"April showers bring May flowers." Check out these water-themed reads to make any rainy day a perfect one.

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  • Being a high schooler is hard. Having siren powers makes it even harder. When a siren murder trial rocks America, Tavia lets her hidden voice be heard at the worst moment. Will she and her best friend survive junior year?
    BookNew York, NY : TOR Teen, 2020. — YA FIC Morro
  • Canadian folklore and magic come together in this eerie PEI-set tale of the sea and the monsters in it. Something in Beet's cousin changes the day Marina comes to town. Can she figure out what it is before it's too late?
    BookNew York : Atheneum, [2021] — YA FIC Hanse
  • The whimsy of Spirited Away meets Korean folktale in this adventure. Mina sacrifices herself to the sea to save her brother from the wrath of the Sea God but finds herself in the Spirit Realm where everything isn't as it seems.
    BookNew York, NY : Feiwel and Friends, 2022. — FIC Oh
  • Jake doesn't swim, something that might have to change when he meets his school's rebellious swim team captain. But how is he going to explain the blue markings all over him that start to glow when he's in the water?
    BookBurbank, CA : DC Comics, [2020] — YA Sanch
  • Best friends turned lovers, Nanoha and Chidori, navigate the ups and downs of their romance while keeping it secret from their friends. But will their classmates eventually catch their loving glances and quiet flirting?
    BookSan Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, [2024] — YA Kobac
  • Elias has dedicated his life to the myths surrounding the Unnamed Sea and for that has become the luckiest sailor to cross it. But when a secretive dredger crosses his path, will his devotion sway and will his luck run out?
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2022. — YA FIC Young
  • When Becca saves Chris from a school fight, she discovers his secret: he and his brothers control the elements and are marked for death. But who can she trust when a mysterious student arrives with a secret of his own?
    BookNew York : Kensington Pub., [2012] — YA FIC Kemme
  • No one who falls into the Narrow ever survives, except for Delphine. When broke student Eden agrees to become her live-in companion, she finds that whatever followed Delphine out of the river is haunting her too.
    BookNew York : Viking, 2023. — YA FIC Marsh
  • A Clash of Steel

    a Treasure Island Remix

    Lee, C. B.
    A fleet of ships, a piece of gold jewelry, and a secret treasure map. Set off on an adventure in this epic, reimagined version of Treasure Island as Xiang and her motley crew sail the high seas in search of her missing father.
    BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2021. — YA FIC Lee