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3	''The Water and the Wild'' is a [[ChildrensLiterature Children's]] {{Fantasy}} Novel by Katherine E. Ormsbee.
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5	Charlotte "Lottie" Fiske is an orphaned girl living on Kemble Island off the coast of Boston. She lives in a boarding house known as Thirsby Square with Mrs. Yates, the landlady. Her only friends are Eliot, a boy who's constantly sick, and a mysterious letter writer who responds to any/all messages she leaves in a copper box at the foot of the apple tree on the front lawn of Thirsby Square.
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7	One day, after discovering Eliot hasn't been at school that much lately, Lottie goes to his home, the Barmey Badger (a store that Eliot's dad runs), to find out. Eliot's dad tells her he basically has two-to-three weeks left to live. In desperation not to lose her friend, Lottie begs her mysterious letter writer to cure him of his illness. Then, she meets a strange girl named Adelaide who takes her through the apple tree into a world of fairies, where her father is working on a supposed cure for pretty much everything. He just needs one more missing ingredient.
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9	Of course, nothing is as simple as that. Soon enough, Adelaide's father is apprehended, and now Lottie, Adelaide and her brother, Oliver, and a friend of theirs, Fife Dulcet, have to make a journey to appeal for Adelaide's father's freedom.
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11	The book was published on March 10th, 2015. It also has a sequel, ''Literature/TheDoorwayAndTheDeep''.
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14	!!''The Water And The Wild'' contains examples of:
15	* AlphaBitch: Pen Bloomfield.
16	* EyeColorChange: Oliver's eyes seem to change depending on his mood. It may be a byproduct of his keen, which makes him chance the skin colour of anyone he touches.
17	* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:The Barghest that's been pursuing Lottie, Fife, Adelaide, and Oliver throughout the book is revealed to be in league with Rebel Gem, and tasked with defending Lottie's life.]]
18	* TheGreatOffscreenWar: There was one involving the lantern in the Seamstress' house. It was first stolen by the Northerlies, and after being stolen back by the Southerlies, was kept in there as a symbol of the Southerlies' victory.
19	* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Fife gets very little respect due to the fact he's only half-wisp.
20	* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Lottie is part human, part sprite.]]
21	* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Oliver likes poetry written by humans. In the fairy world, poetry is used solely to chronicle big events that occur. Oliver likes how human poetry is more personal, conveying emotions.
22	* ThePlague: The fairy world is experiencing a plague that killed [[spoiler:Lottie's parents]] and is currently [[spoiler:endangering the wisp race]].
23	* SecretLegacy: Lottie's family, the Fiskes, are the royal family of the fairy world. The majority of them died to ThePlague, making Lottie the sole survivor.
24	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Thanks to them being fugitives and their home being destroyed by an angry mob, the Wilfers can't go back to their home.
25	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Lottie looks like a 6-year-old, but she's actually 12. [[spoiler:Might have to do with her being half-sprite.]]

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