[ISLMA-Share] Name of book

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I have not figured it out.  We don't know the date, but she read it b/c the
school librarian book talked it.  So I would assume it was newer, but
that's not necessarily true.


On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Do you have any idea about the publication date? This sounds like a film I
> watched when I was a kid, and it has been bugging me! I'm wondering if
> there was possibly a film adaptation in the 90s? That still hasn't helped
> me find anything, but it might be something to go on if it is indeed an
> older title.
>
> I take it that it wasn't any of the suggestions offered to your first
> email?
>
> I'm really curious to hear if you ever find out what this is!
>
> Michele McDaniel
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> In today's game of Name That Book, we are looking for the title of this
>> book:
>>
>>
>>    - Fisherman town, people live in houses on stilts.
>>    - Children learn information about their ancestry when they reach a
>>    certain age. The elders take them out on the beach and there is a
>>    storytelling ceremony.
>>    - 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.
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Amy Hamernick
>> Media Specialist
>> Apple Teacher
>> Century Jr. High
>> @AhamernickCJH
>> #CenturyWildcats
>>
>>
>> "If we always do what we've always done,
>> we will get what we've always got."
>> ~Adam Urbanski~
>>
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-- 
Sincerely,
Amy Hamernick
Media Specialist
Apple Teacher
Century Jr. High
@AhamernickCJH
#CenturyWildcats


"If we always do what we've always done,
we will get what we've always got."
~Adam Urbanski~
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