The Open Ocean
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Last published Wed, Jan 8, 2014
This book exists alongside "Flying High". As some humans moved into the skies, others turned to the oceans. We have evolved webbed hands, tails, and gills. We are able to survive outside water for 72 hours. Two teenagers are separated from their families during a vacation, and must work together with a legend to evade bounty hunters, and find their way back home.
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