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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A storyteller "of great humanity and huge heart" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River which sold over a million copies and captured readers' hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author's accomplished, resonant body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarkingunder sail on a sentient...
2) Float plan
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Critically acclaimed author Trish Doller's unforgettable and romantic adult debut about setting sail, starting over, and finding yourself. Since the loss of her fiancé, Anna has been shipwrecked by grief--until a reminder goes off about a trip they were supposed to take together. Impulsively, Anna goes to sea in their sailboat, intending to complete the voyage alone. But after a treacherous night's sail, she realizes she can't do it by herself and...
6) Sail away
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A family takes an enjoyable trip in their sailboat and watches the weather change throughout the day.
Author
Series
The Chathrand voyage volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Scant years after a terrible war that shook empires, a 600-year-old ship sails for enemy lands and must deal with deadly assassins, treacherous mermaids, and monstrous slavers in order to deliver a young woman whose marriage will seal the peace.
8) Mad ship
Author
Series
Liveship traders volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Althea Vestrit is determined to get her liveship, Vivacia, back from the pirate captain Kennit.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The Dunnes have set off on a ten day boat trip, a trip that hopefully will bring them closer together, despite the fact that the father, Stuart is staying behind on land. But only an hour into the trip they're already falling apart. The teenage daughter plans to drown herself, and the teenage boy is high on drugs. Ten-year-old Ernie is near catatonic. But their mother Anne, with the help of her brother-in-law Jeff, is insistent on pulling everyone...
Author
Series
Flat Stanley volume 6
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Stanley Lambchop goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to help win a sailboat race and to rescue a classmate from a collapsed building.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn't much like boats, he solemnly swears to shake things up. Together with his band of petty thieves and confidence men known as the Upskirt Boys, the Captain thrills...
13) Ocean meets sky
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A little boy builds a ship to honor his late grandfather and sets sail for the magical place where ocean meets sky from his grandfather's stories"--
14) The Wanderer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 8
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"The Herons are home in Skandia, but the usually peaceful country is in danger. The Temujai--ruthless warriors from the Eastern Steppes--have never given up on their ambition to claim Skandia for their own...and now they're on the move. Hal and his crew will have to brave the treacherous icy river and rapids to stop them, no matter the cost"--
18) Ship of destiny
Author
Series
Liveship traders volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The final volume in the Liveship Traders trilogy finds Althea Vestrit continuing her quest to regain the liveship Vivacia from the ruthless pirate Kennit.
19) Trim sets sail
Author
Series
Adventures of Trim volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Trim gets off to a bumpy start as ship's cat, new friends, human and animal, help him settle in.
20) Ghosting
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A family yachting trip, meant to resolidify family bonds, goes horribly wrong.
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