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Also reminds me of Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth.


On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Beth Kovacic <bkovacic at komarek94.org>
wrote:

> The Lost Code?
> Emerson (Carlos Is Gonna Get It) launches the Atlanteans series with a
> novel that blends post-apocalyptic, SF, and paranormal elements into a
> summer camp story. In a future in which climate change has rendered most of
> the planet uninhabitable, teenage Owen has gotten a rare scholarship to
> Camp Eden, where privileged kids and survivors of cryogenic freezing can
> experience a simulation of the biosphere of old. When he almost drowns, he
> discovers the camp's hidden secret: Owen and a handful of others (including
> his crush, Lilly) have developed gills  and can breathe underwater. Owen is
> thrilled by his new abilities and sense of belonging, but when a child at
> the camp dies under mysterious circumstances, it becomes apparent that
> something sinister is occurring at Camp Eden. As Owen and friends attempt
> to figure out who to trust, they uncover more conspiracies about both the
> camp and the state of the world. Emerson throws perhaps a little too much
> into the book, but the high-stakes narrative moves forward with momentum,
> and a romance between Owen and Lilly is gracefully unveiled. Ages 13–up.
> Agent: George Nicholson, Sterling Lord Literistic. (May) --Staff (Reviewed
> July 9, 2012) (Publishers Weekly, vol 259, issue 28, p)
>
> 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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