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Summer of the Sea Serpent

  • 2004 first published
  • 129 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
  • 17 editions

Published in 2004, Summer of the Sea Serpent is a time-travel fiction and mermaid fiction novella by Mary Pope Osborne. It is set in Mittelalter. It deals with magic, brothers and sisters, swords and tree houses.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 11 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 17 editions across 5 languages.

It runs to roughly 129 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Summer of the Sea Serpent

Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to the land of the mystical selkies to seek a magical sword for Merlin.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Era

  • Mittelalter

Subjects

  • Magic
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Swords
  • Tree houses
  • Selkies
  • Time travel
  • Wizards
  • Siblings
  • Children's fiction
  • Jack, Fictitious character : Osborne
  • Annie, Fictitious character : Osborne
  • Magia
  • Animales fabulosos
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Cabañas en los árboles
  • Hermanos

Quick answers

Who wrote Summer of the Sea Serpent?

Summer of the Sea Serpent was written by Mary Pope Osborne and first published in 2004.

What genre is Summer of the Sea Serpent?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Mermaids & Sea Creatures.

How long is Summer of the Sea Serpent?

The median edition has 129 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Summer of the Sea Serpent?

Readers who like it often enjoy Goddess of the Sea, Poor Unfortunate Soul and Sea Spell.

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