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Everyone in town says the marina took her sister. Wren knows better - and she's not leaving Salt Hollow until she proves it.One year after her older sister Iris vanished from the family marina's docks, seventeen-year-old Wren Castellan reluctantly returns to Salt Hollow for the summer - and immediately starts seeing a girl standing watch at the end of the dock at midnight, a girl who's been dead for fifty years. When Wren teams up with local dockhand Toby, whose own cousin fled town after digging too deep into the same mystery, she uncovers a pattern of disappearances stretching back decades, all connected to the wealthy, beloved yacht club that funds half the town's scholarships and quietly, carefully makes its inconvenient problems disappear.With her grandmother's help and a ghost who's finally found someone willing to listen, Wren races to get inside the club's private ceremony before the next high tide - because the closer she gets to the truth, the more certain she becomes that her sister isn't gone. She's being kept.What the Marina Keeps is a fast-paced YA ghost thriller for readers who like their mysteries with real stakes, real courage, and a ghost story that's more about being finally believed than about jump scares.Inside you'll find:- A propulsive, plot-driven mystery with short chapters built for one-more-chapter reading- A determined teen heroine backed by a found family of allies - a grandmother, a dockhand, and a patient ghost- A wealthy, beloved local institution hiding something much darker than anyone in town wants to admit- A gentle but genuinely unsettling haunting, rooted in grief and unfinished business rather than gore- A satisfying, high-stakes rescue and a hopeful, earned ending- Themes of courage, believing survivors, and refusing comfortable silencePerfect for teen and YA readers who love atmospheric thrillers with a supernatural edge, fans of small-town-secret mysteries and found-family adventure stories, and anyone who wants a gripping, fast read that still has real heart underneath the suspense. It also makes a great gift for the teen reader in your life who devours a mystery in one sitting.