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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her dæmon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle -- a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, and a mysterious substance known as Dust. As she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win -- or to lose -- this...
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Super-Secret Spy Service's mission is to keep the world safe from maniacal villains. And Agent 9 is one of its best operatives. Although Nine always manages to complete the mission, there is occasionally some collateral damage (like the priceless Pigasso painting that was destroyed while foiling an art heist). So Agent 9 is now on probation. But when bumbling supervillain King Crab manages to overtake S4 headquarters, there is no one else to...
Series
Publisher
Inhabit Media Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What creatures lurk beneath the sea ice? Putuguq and Kublu-two siblings who can't seem to get along-are about to find out! On their way to the shoreline, Putuguq and Kublu run into their grandfather, who has a stern warning for the pair: always beware when playing on the shore, because you never know if a qalupalik, a mythical creature that kidnaps children, is lying in wait under the ice. Kublu is pretty sure their grandfather is just trying to...
124) Polar bear patrol
Author
Series
Magic School Bus a science chapter book volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Miss Frizzle's class travel to the north pole to learn about arctic animals.
127) Where the dead wait
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Victorian explorer William Day, 13 years after a failed expedition resulted in abandonment, betrayal and cannibalism, embarks on an uncanny journey into his past to find his missing second-in-command during which he must face up to the things he's done as the restless dead follow closely behind.
Author
Publisher
Mark Hirsch Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This book combines photography with in-the-moment journal entries and current thoughts on climate and what exploration truly means in the 21st century. This is a lifetime of work and a very personal journey of discovery." -- author's note.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it. In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world's greatest living ice navigator. The expedition's visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame. Just six weeks after the Karluk departed,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach...
133) Freya & Zoose
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Freya, a penguin, and Zoose, a mouse, become friends while stowaways on Salomon August Andreé's 1897 hot air balloon expedition to the North Pole.
Author
Publisher
Sugar23 Books, Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II." -- inside front jacket flap.
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