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1) Stowaway
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the "Endeavor" which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
2) Stormstruck!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Believing his parents are going to euthanize Pogo, a beloved golden Labrador that had belonged to his deceased brother, twelve-year-old Sam sets sail with the dog and gets caught in a terrible storm along with Magnus, a hermit, and his pet tern, Fuego, whom they meet on an island.
Author
Series
Neptune Project volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nere and her friends, all genetically engineered to survive in the ocean, go on a rescue mission"--
4) Djibouti
Author
Language
English
Description
In a modern-day pirate story, ambitious documentary filmmaker Dara Barr and her right-hand man, Xavier LeBo, a seventy-two-year-old African American seafarer, get more than they bargained for on the Horn of Africa.
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English
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'It was unnecessary for all to perish, when, by the death of one, it was possible, and even probable, that the rest might be finally preserved.'
Travelling aboard a whaling vessel, a young stowaway is swept up in myriad misadventures - mutiny, shipwreck, cannibalism - narrowly escaping numerous brushes with death. This rousing story of a daring sea voyage also presents its antihero with a host of psychological dilemmas, and offers an important insight...
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Language
English
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Jim Hawkins, the son of an innkeeper, longs for adventure. One of the inn's guests, a coarse old bully named Billy Bones, reveals a map showing the whereabouts of buried treasure. After Bones dies, Jim and his mother flee with the map to Squire John Trelawney, outwitting other pirates who were chasing Bones. With Trelawney's friend Dr. Livesey, the squire charters a schooner carrying a band of pirates led by Long John Silver. Excitement and heroic...
8) A battle won
Author
Series
Charles Hayden novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
After being tasked with taking HMS Themis into battle against the French for the strategically located island of Corsica, Master and Commander Charles Hayden soon must land his ship on Corsica, where his men join forces with native insurgents.
9) Kilo class
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Series
Language
English
Description
The U.S., Russia, and China become involved in a deadly stand-off in 2003 when Russia accepts an order from the Chinese government for ten Kilo Class submarines with which they plan to block the U.S. out of the Taiwan Strait and then reclaim, by military force if necessary, the independent island of Taiwan.
10) A curse of gold
Author
Series
Touch of gold volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Dionysus issues a challenge to destroy Kora and her kingdom, the princess with the golden touch sets out to find the tricky god and confront him on the mysterious disappearing island of Jipper.
11) I love you, Blue
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An introductory tale about the impact plastic waste has on the ocean is told through a lighthouse keeper's friendship with a whale named Blue."--
12) Boston Jacky: being an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, taking care of business
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
The irrepressible Jacky Faber, recently arrived in Boston, finds herself at odds with the Women's Temperance Union and local residents angry at the arrival of hundreds of Irish immigrants on a ship owned by Faber Shipping Worldwide.
Author
Series
Writings of Herman Melville volume 5
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Long before penning Moby-Dick, which many regard as the quintessential American novel, author Herman Melville was captivated by life on the open sea. White Jacket adopts a different perspective, focusing on the brutal treatment that many sailors received at the hands of their superiors. In particular, it has been noted that this novel proved to be instrumental in banning the practice of flogging in several branches of the U.S. military.
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Series
Neptune Project volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A group of kids who have been genetically altered to survive in the ocean must embark on a dangerous underwater journey to find refuge--and maybe even a way to save the world"--
15) Victory
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Commander Kydd is eager to join the action and play his part in thwarting Bonaparte's plans for the Invasion of England.
16) Harrison squared
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Harrison Harrison, H2 to his mom, is a lonely teenager who's been terrified of the water ever since he was a toddler in California, when a huge sea creature capsized their boat, and his father vanished. Now his marine biologist mother has disappeared. Trying to find her will introduce him to the Dwellers of the Deep and a church that seeks a monstrous power.
18) H.M.S. Cockerel
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 6
Language
English
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Description
Yearning for the high seas, Alan Lewrie plods through his oppressive life as a gentleman farmer and family man. The year is 1793 and after four years spent ashore, Lewrie is gratified when revolutionary France threatens war and the Royal Navy beckons. All does not go smoothly, as he soon finds himself aboard the HMS Cockerel dealing with a difficult captain and disgruntled crew. Once in the Mediterranean, he throws caution to the wind and becomes...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
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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...
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