Don't Go Near the Water! (Spooky Sleuths #3)

by Natasha Deen (Author) Lissy Marlin (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Spooky Sleuths

A strange woman seems to have eerie control over people. Is it science . . . or strange and ghostly? Find out in this new spooky chapter book series, Spooky Sleuths.

Asim's field trip is freaking him out! His class is on a boat, exploring the Salish Sea, when he sees a pale, scowling woman staring at him from under the water. Asim's friend Rokshar thinks it's just a seal. She always finds a scientific explanation for the strange things that happen in town.

But when Asim's dad hears otherworldly music coming from the water, he feels so drawn to it that he tries to throw himself in! Could a fairmaid--a mermaid from Guyanese folklore--be to blame? Find out . . . if you dare! Don't miss this new series based on ghost stories from Guyana.

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Natasha Deen
Natasha Deen has written more than a dozen books for young readers. After spending her early childhood in Guyana, she moved to Calgary in Alberta, Canada, which she found terribly exciting until she met her first minus-forty-degree winter day, at which point she began to question the sanity of the grown-ups around her. She lives in Edmonton, and keeps warm with tea and cupcakes. Find out more at natashadeen.com and follow her on Twitter @natasha_deen.

Lissy Marlin is an award-winning illustrator from Dominican Republic with a simple mission: bring a little bit of magic to everyday life, one piece of art at a time! Her projects include the New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits by Neil Patick Harris.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593488935
Lexile Measure
530
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
February 20, 2023
Series
Spooky Sleuths
BISAC categories
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
JUV069000 - Juvenile Fiction | Ghost Stories
JUV012070 - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables | Caribbean & Latin American
Library of Congress categories
Folklore
Supernatural
School field trips
Sea monsters
Novels
Guyana
Guyanese Americans

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