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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
2) Dolphins
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides information about dolphins, including anatomy, behavior, and intelligence.
4) Dolphins
Author
Series
Publisher
Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop!
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text introduce readers to the special life cycle, behavior, physical characteristics, and habitat of dolphins. Beautiful images aid student's exploration of these aquatic mammals above and below the oceans surface.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the similarities between dolphins and porpoises, and how to tell them apart. Discover how traits like body shape, nose size, and dorsal fin shape can be used to identify these underwater mammals. Additional features include a side-by-side comparison of the animals, an activity encouraging readers to demonstrate their knowledge, a phonetic glossary, sources for further reading, an introduction to the author, and an index.-- provided by publisher....
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Aqua Wave loves everything about dolphins: the way they swim and twirl, dance and dive. And more than anything she would love to ride one in the annual Trident City Dolphin Dash. But her older sister, Shira, is concerned Aqua will fall off and hurt herself--just like Shira once did--and she won't giver her permission. Will Aqua's wish come true or will Shira's worrying keep her from her deep-sea dreams?"--
7) The dolphin who saved me: how an extraordinary friendship helped me overcome trauma and find hope
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With the heartwrenching vulnerability of The Glass Castle and the spiritual journey of H is for Hawk, this stunning debut memoir tells the story of a traumatized young woman's friendship with an injured dolphin whose habitat she fights to save."--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano...
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Based on the true story of the 1965 "dolphin house" experiment, this spellbinding novel captures the tenor of the social experiments of the 1960's in award-winning author Audrey Schulman's tightly paced and evocative style. It is 1965, and Cora, a young, hearing impaired woman, buys a one-way ticket to the island of St. Thomas, where she discovers four dolphins held in captivity as part of an experiment led by the obsessive Dr. Blum. Drawn by a strong...
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Mick Herron, author of the Slough House novels, is on his way to becoming one of the most critically acclaimed and culturally important crime fiction writers of the twenty-first century. He has been awarded both the Gold and Steel Daggers by the Crime Writers' Association and has been called "the John Le Carré of the future" (BBC). But Mick Herron does more than "just" write flawlessly suspenseful spy thrillers. He is a craftist of the highest order,...
14) Walking on eggshells: navigating the delicate relationship between adult children and their parents
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Formats
15) The killing tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Killing Tide by Jean-Luc Bannalec is the fifth novel in the internationally bestselling Commissaire Dupin series. Deep sea fishers, dolphin researchers, smugglers, and an island shrouded in myth in the middle of the rough Atlantic ocean: Commissaire Dupin had sworn he would never again investigate on the ocean, but his fifth case takes him offshore, off the west coast of Brittany on a beautifully sunny day in June. He lands on the unique Île...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rosie is a little mermaid who loves dancing with dolphins and building towering sandcastles. But she's just moved to Trident City and doesn't have one single friend to join her. She's too young to go to Trident Academy with her older cousin Rocky, her parents are busy at work, and Manny Nanny, who takes care of Rosie, can be kind of boring, even though she's super nice. Then, Rosie meets Aqua and finds that having a new friend might be more trouble...
18) Clownfish aren't so funny: fascinating facts about some of the ocean's most misunderstood creatures
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Clownflsh aren t funny, cuttlefish aren t cuddly, and mantis shrimp aren t so shrimpy (they re TOUGH dudes)! While sharks, whales, and dolphins get plenty of attention, the real drama of the ocean takes place in the nooks and crannies of coral reefs. And some of the coolest critters there are no bigger than a golf ball, stay hidden from plain sight, and are real killers. Featuring absolutely stunning close-up photography, Clownfish Aren t So Funny...
19) Far to go
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
[1976].
Language
English
Description
Margaret Thursday, an orphan, auditions for a role in a play durin g the early twentieth century.Margaret Thursday, the heroine of Thursday's Child, becomes a huge success on the London stage. But her old enemy is close on her heels, determined to carry out her revenge...Margaret felt a glow of excitement as she read the advertisement: Wanted: A clever girl to appear eleven. Appointment, write to Thomas Smith, The Dolphin Theatre. In a trice it was...
Author
Series
But why? volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the creators of the popular podcast But Why comes a new series for curious kids answering their most peculiar questions! Complete with real-life photos and hilarious illustrations, this book will keep young readers engaged and entertained as they dive into the pages and the deep blue sea!"--
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