Mia Kingtide · Ocean adventures
A magical shell lets Mia Kingtide breathe underwater and talk with sea creatures. Some of them need her help.
The Mia Kingtide series begins when 10-year-old Mia rescues an octopus and receives a magical shell that lets her breathe underwater and speak with sea creatures. In The Octopus' Gift, her connection to the ocean begins. In Guardian of the Coast, 12-year-old Mia uses her growing powers to confront environmental threats along the California coast. In Journey to the Sea of Cortez, she embarks on a two-month expedition. In The Vanishing Sanctuary, 13-year-old Mia faces her biggest challenge as political forces and deep-sea dangers threaten the ocean she's sworn to protect.
Every Mia Kingtide adventure happens in real locations, from the tidepools and kelp forests of Monterey Bay to the islands and reefs of the Sea of Cortez. The research ships are real too, like MBARI's R/V David Packard and Doc Ricketts, and many of the scientists Mia meets are drawn from the people actually working to understand and protect the ocean.
Luke dives these waters himself. These photographs are his, taken on the same reefs and kelp forests where Mia's adventures happen.
Mia Kingtide Book 1
When ten-year-old Mia stands up for a trapped octopus at the Asilomar tide pools, it returns with a glowing shell. Suddenly the ocean is full of voices, and some of them need her help.
Mia Kingtide Book 2
Twelve-year-old Mia can breathe underwater, talk with sea creatures, and move things with her mind. From the Farallon Islands to the Monterey Submarine Canyon, the California coast needs her more than ever.
Mia Kingtide Book 3
Mia sails south with her dad and Grandpa Jim aboard Pegasus, following Steinbeck’s route to the Sea of Cortez. Gray whales, hammerheads and whale sharks are waiting along the way.
Mia Kingtide Book 4
Two hundred feet below Monterey Bay, Luna leads Mia to a strange yellow machine. Above the surface, Preston Vane claims the ocean floor is his for the taking. Mia won’t let the sanctuary go without a fight.
Shirts, bags and ocean gear with the cover art, printed when you order.
Give the whole world of Mia Kingtide this holiday season. Pair the ocean adventure novels with the new coloring book for a gift kids can read and color.
