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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 42
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
Formats
Description
In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature...
3) Moby Dick
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002c.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A sea captain becomes obsessed with killing a white whale.
4) Moby Dick
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel,...
Author
Language
English
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"A bold and intriguing fabulist novel that reimagines two of the most legendary characters in American literature--Captain Ahab and Ishmael of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick--from the critically acclaimed Edgar and World Fantasy award-winning author of The Girl in the Glass and The Shadow Year. Told with wisdom, suspense, a modicum of dry humor and horror, and a vigorous stretching of the truth, Ahab's Return charts an inventive and intriguing voyage...
7) Moby Dick
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The icy waters of the northern seas hide a creature that is already a legend among all seafarers. The fearsome white leviathan, the chimera of all whalers, Moby Dick. The young Ishmael, along with his faithful friend Queequeg, will board the Pequod, to satisfy their craving for adventure. But soon, he will discover that his work goes beyond whaling, and that the whole crew is at the mercy of the mysterious Captain Ahab's thirst for revenge.
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Language
English
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""Call me Ishmael. Some years ago I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Ishmael and his shipmates search the ocean far and wide. Will they ever find the white whale that sailors call, "Moby Dick"?"--Provided by Publisher.
9) Moby Dick
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Ishmael's dream of adventure on a whaling ship becomes a nightmare as the voyage turns into a struggle for survival. Captain Ahab, maimed by a monster whale, is obsessed with revenge. As the crew discovers, he is willing to risk everything to destroy the whale.
11) Moby Dick
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells in graphic novel format Melville's story about Captain Ahab's search for Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him.
12) Moby Dick
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Captain Ahab sails the seven seas seeking revenge on Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Here are Ishmael, Queequeq, Ahab, and of course, Moby Dick, rendered anew in a dynamic comic book adaptation of one of the greatest American novels ever written. The book also includes information about Herman Melville, facts about whales, and the history of the whaling industry.
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