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1) Moby Dick
Author
Language
English
Description
A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Compulsively readable."--New York Times Book Review The extraordinary new thriller from Stuart Turton, author of the bestselling murder mystery The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award. A murder on the high seas. A remarkable detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may...
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 12
Language
English
Description
"Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon soon find themselves in much deeper waters. The vicious leader of a Filipino insurgency is not only using them to finance his attacks, he has stumbled upon one of the most lethal secrets of World War II: a Japanese-developed drug, designed, but never used, to turn soldiers into super-warriors. To stop him, the Oregon must not only...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Harvey Cheyne, the spoiled son of an American millionaire, falls overboard a luxury liner, he is rescued from drowning by a New England fishing schooner. The schooner has just begun her summer expedition into the Atlantic and her skipper refuses to turn around to take the teenager home. To earn his keep, Harvey must prove his worth: through the grueling--and ultimately triumphant--mastery of a fisherman's skills.
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Mane 6--Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rarity--dive into an unforgettable underwater adventure, discovering stories from the past and making new fin-tastic friends!"--Back cover.
12) Stowaway
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
13) Small Saul
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Small Saul the pirate is better at singing sea shanties and baking than holding a sword and being a real pirate, and he is forced to prove his worth to his shipmates or else walk the plank.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After a tragic accident maims her laboratory assistant, Dr. Sara Pollard's career as a primate behaviorist lies in ruins. With nothing left to lose, Pollard, descendant of a Nantucket captain whose ship was sunk by a rogue whale, accepts an offer to join anti-whaling activists on a round-the-world racing yacht as the resident scientist, to sail from Argentina to the stormy Antarctic Sea. There they'll shadow, harass, and expose the Japanese fleet,...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When brave mariners Jack, Zack and Caspar build a galleon then set off on an imaginary adventure at sea, they face pirates, a storm, and a shipwreck.
17) Keeper
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
On the night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain, determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always believed, who left long ago to return to the sea.
18) Deep underwater
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Sophia bravely dives down to discover the secrets under the sea. She encounters beautiful fish and floating forests. Farther down, the dark water is full of tentacles and treasures. Deep underwater, she is never alone. Do you dare dive down after her?"--
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The series focused on the way our young animal friends spend a day continues with an adventurous dolphin calf, as she explores the vast Pacific ocean with her mother and meets the many wonderful water dwelling creatures that live there."-- provided by publisher.
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