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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from...
Author
Publisher
Child's Play Inc
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Nobody has every been able to catch The Great Googly Moogly, a giant and terrifying fish of legend. But Stella aims to do just that. Armed with fishing gear and differing baits, she sets out every day to realize her dream, whatever the weather. But what will she do if she succeeds?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Papa Bear takes his cubs on a trip with him in order to show them how to fish, but when the little ones forgo the expensive equipment and want to fish with simple tools, it is Papa Bear who winds up learning a lesson.
Author
Series
Gone fishing volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this novel told through poems, nine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad, so when his pesky little sister horns in on their fishing trip, he is none too pleased. Includes primer on rhyme, poetry techniques, rhythm, stanzas, and poetic forms.
7) Gone fishing
Author
Publisher
Houghton
Pub. Date
1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A father and son go fishing with a big fishing rod for daddy and a little one for the child.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The bestselling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, escaping his own grief, is hired by an elite fishing lodge in Colorado where amid the natural beauty of sun-drenched streams and forests he uncovers a plot of shocking menace--
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the stillness of a summer dawn, two siblings leave their campsite with fishing rods, tackle and bait, and push a red canoe into the lake. A perfect morning on the water unfolds, with thrilling glimpses of wildlife along the way."--
Author
Language
English
Description
The New York Times–bestselling classic set amid the mountains and streams of early twentieth-century Montana, "as beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Hemingway" (Chicago Tribune).
When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs Through It and Other Stories to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, "it has trees in it."
Today, the title novella is recognized as one of the great...
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Joshua and his grandfather love being together. More than anything else they love fishing on the lake. But Grandpa gets sick and is in the hospital a long time. When he and Joshua share one final day of fishing together, Grandpa promises that even after he dies, his love will always surround Joshua like the water in the lake surrounds a fish. Long after Grandpa dies, Joshua comes to understand that Grandpa kept his promise. This is a children's picture...
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