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Is it Undertow by Michael Buckley?

https://www.amazon.com/Undertow-Trilogy-Michael-Buckley/dp/0544813197

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I read this book!  But the name escapes me, too.  If it helps anyone else
> remember, in the book I'm thinking of, the fish-like people are confined to
> "reserves" on the beach. There is a lot of hatred and violence between the
> people, and they try an experiment to bridge the gap by having a "typical"
> high school girl attend school with the "prince" of the fish people.
>
>
> Taryn Hettlinger Parise
> Library Learning Center Director
> Longfellow School
>
> *Now on Facebook (Longfellow School Library) and Instagram
> (@longfellow_library)*
>
> Currently reading: The Last Kids on Earth
>
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone! I was hoping for some help figuring out the title of a book
>> with the following description. If you think you know what it is, feel free
>> to email me at: cloizon at orland135.org.
>>
>> Here are the details:
>>
>>    - People live in houses on stilts.
>>    - Children in a certain lineage have gills, but they don't know about
>>    it until they reach a certain age or milestone.
>>    - The main character is at a friend's house, and they get attacked by
>>    some kind of demon because he can smell her / sense that she is one of the
>>    "special" people who have this power.
>>    - The demon ends up kidnapping some siblings. The rest of the book is
>>    the characters trying to rescue the siblings.
>>    - They watch a demon ritual and one of the characters has to jump in,
>>    which is when they find out they have gills.
>>    - The grandma sees the gills as a curse.
>>
>>
>> Do you know what book this is? Thanks for any leads!
>>
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Jennifer Stevenson
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Morrison CUSD 6
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