by Meg Medina
First published 2025
Graciela creates sea glass in the ocean's deepest places, helping her friend Amina guide newly dead spirits through their awakening. She appears young but has spent over a century beneath the waves since her own death. Above water, twelve-year-old Jorge Leon hammers metal in his family's forge, terrified of the supernatural beings rumored to live in the sea. When Jorge finds a mystical harpoon capable of piercing sea ghosts, he knows he must find a way to destroy it. The weapon accidentally returns to its malicious maker, forcing Graciela and Jorge into an unexpected partnership. Together they must prevent vengeful spirits from attacking both the living world above and the realm of the dead below. Their only hope lies in descending into the abyss itself, where the deepest truths about courage and connection wait to be discovered.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, supernatural, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unexpected-partnership
Setting: Abyss, Ocean
Period: Over a Century
256 pages · Hardcover · Candlewick Press
Content warnings: death