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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.
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Series
Gideon Crew volume 4
Language
English
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Description
Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite--the largest ever discovered--from a remote island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic waters and broke apart, sinking-along with its unique cargo-to the ocean floor. One hundred and eight crew members perished,...
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 12
Language
English
Description
When the leader of a militant communist insurgency in the Philippines escapes capture from the U.S. government with almost supernatural ease, it's up to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to catch him. Tracing the Filipino insurgent through his drug lord allies, Cabrillo learns his new adversary has his eye on an addictive chemical compound developed during World War II that can turn civilians into supersoldiers. And he's not the only one. An...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
In his riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller, Nathaniel Philbrick returns an epic tale- the inspiration for Herman Melville's Moby-Dick-- to its rightful place in America history. In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later, the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Fearing cannibals on the...
7) Titanic
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Detailed descriptions of the Titanic, including its accommodations, and a retelling of its sinking in the North Atlantic in April, 1912.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, ten-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2003, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the steamship Titanic, from Thomas Andrews' plans for "the safest ship on the ocean" to the lingering questions concerning its disastrous maiden voyage in 1912.
14) Lifeboat 12
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
On a frigid April night in 1912, the world's largest-and soon most famous-ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world's fixation with her every tragic detail. Plans to find and raise the Titanic began almost immediately. Yet seven decades passed before it was found. Why? And of some three million shipwrecks that litter the ocean...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
No-nonsense Captain Swashby is used to the sea meeting all of his needs and when, after his retirement, new neighbors disturb his solitary life, the sea helps in just the right way.
17) Reckless girls
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel the world after a family tragedy, Lux is eager to climb on board The Susannah and set out on an adventure. She's also quick to bond with their passengers, college best friends Brittany and Amma. The two women say they want to travel off...
18) Ocean habitats
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Language
English
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Description
Seventy percent of Earth is covered in water, and most of that water is ocean. From the vibrant reefs along ocean shores to the cold, dark depths of the midnight zone, Earth's oceans are home to a diverse wealth of plant and animal life. Featuring eye-popping illustrations, fact-filled text, and easy-to-read diagrams, this book explores the ocean's myriad habitats and the environmental and human factors that impact them. Readers will be interested...
20) S.O.S
Author
Series
Titanic volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Four young characters -- with reasons to hide and secrets to keep -- are in for the journey of their lives in this fantastic Titanic trilogy from mystery and suspense master Gordon Korman"--Publisher.
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