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Maybe "The tail of Emily Windsnap" by Liz Kessler?

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> The description doesn't fit exactly, but there's some similarities. Could
> it be A Nearer Moon by Melanie Crowder
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> 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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