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22) A King's trade
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
24) Steel tide
Author
Series
Seafire trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Caledonia may have lost her crew, and nearly died at the hand of a powerful foe, but she's been nursed back to health by a crew of former Bullets. Calling themselves the Blades, they escaped Aric Athair's clutches and now live a nomadic existence, ready to disappear at a moment's notice should trouble come their way. Caledonia wants to do more than just hide; she wants to find the Mors Navis and her beloved sisters. She wants to convince the Blades...
Author
Series
Amina al-Sirafi novels volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The first book of "a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman's determined quest to seize a final chance at glory--and write her own legend ... Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates, she's survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the first book of a Shark School series spin-off, young hammerhead shark Harvey Hammer has his first day at school! It's Harvey Hammer's first day at Kelpmentary School. Harvey dreams of being just like King Krusher, his comic book hero, but as the new shark in town, he worries he'll sink before he swims with the rest of the kids.
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
30) The gun ketch
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by National Book Network
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
31) Given to the sea
Author
Series
Given duet (Mindy McGinnis) volume 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Khosa is destined to be sacrificed to the sea and struggles understand her destiny as the kingdom comes under attack and the ocean threatens to destroy them all"--
Author
Series
Once upon a Tim volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Tim and his friends travel by land and sea, collecting treasure and defeating monsters as they go.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Former war correspondent Lukas Landon is alone, trapped under 150-feet of water in an overturned shrimp trawler at the bottom of the ocean. The only thing keeping him alive is an air bubble in the ship's bow. But the water level is rising, and time is running out. Landon doesn't know if he will survive . . . or if he even deserves to. After years of covering bloody battles in Afghanistan and Iraq, Landon's once promising life took a steep nosedive....
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
This first in the series introduces us to its two main characters: the ambitious and libidinous Jack Aubrey, anxious to have his own ship and make his fortune; and Stephen Maturin, an eccentric surgeon straight from the pages of Dickens.
36) MEG
Author
Series
Megalodon series volume 1
Publisher
Viper Press, an imprint of A&M Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
All New Revised and Expanded! Includes Meg: Origins. Carcharodon megalodon apex predator of all time, the most fearsome creature that ever lived a 70-foot, 60,000 pound Great White Shark. Hundreds of 7-inch serrated teeth filled jaws that could swallow an elephant whole. It could sense its prey miles away, inhaling its scent as it registered the beat of its fluttering heart, and if you ever came close enough to see the monster...it was already too...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When her parents, the great marine scientists Dr. and Dr. Quail, are killed in a tragic accident, eleven year old Fidelia Quail is racked by grief. But she is forced out of her mourning when she's kidnapped by Merrick the Monstrous, a pirate whose list of crimes stretches longer than a ribbon eel. Her task? Use her marine know-how to retrieve his treasure, lost on the ocean floor. As Fidelia and the pirates close in on the prize, with the navy hot...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As best friends Kezumi and Kondo continue their exploration, they keep disagreeing about what their next adventure should be but finally remember what matters most--friendship.
39) Sea wife
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids - Sybil, age seven, and George, age two - Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. The initial result is transformative; the marriage is given a gust of energy, Juliet emerges from her depression,...
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