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Text © 2021 by F.T. Lukens
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lukens, F. T., author.
Title: In deeper waters / F. T. Lukens.
Description: First edition. | New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2021] | Audience: Ages 14 up. | Audience: Grades 10–12. | Summary: Sixteen-year-old Prince Tal is on his long-awaited coming-of-age tour when he meets the intriguing and roguish Athlen, and when he is kidnapped by pirates, Athlen is his only hope of escape.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020032400 (print) | ISBN 9781534480506 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534480520 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Coming of age—Fiction. | Princes—Fiction. | Magic—Fiction. | Kidnapping—Fiction. | Pirates—Fiction. | Gays—Fiction. | Fantasy.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.L843 In 2021 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020032400