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"On the remote isle of Rosevear, Mira, like her mother before her, is a wrecker, one of the seven on the rope who swim out to shipwrecks to plunder them. Mira's job is to rescue survivors, if there are any. After all, she never feels the cold of the frigid ocean waters and the waves seem to sing to her soul. But the people of Rosevear never admit the truth: that they set the beacons themselves to lure ships into the rocks. When the Council watch lays...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
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"On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors."-- Provided by publisher.
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In this near-future sci-fi novel by the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, two companies competing to raise the Titanic find mystery among the wreckage.
Two years before the centennial anniversary of the Titanic's demise, two powerful corporations compete to recover the legendary vessel from the floor of the North Atlantic. With the wreckage split in two, each company-one British and one Japanese-plans to use its spectacular technology to raise one...
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2024.
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"From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time. The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great. Henry VIII's the Mary Rose. Captain John Franklin's doomed HMS Terror. The SS Gairsoppa, destroyed by a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic during World War II. Since we first set sail on the open sea, ships and their wrecks have...
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Boarding the RMS Titanic in the spring of 1912-the perfect finale to a Grand Tour of Europe, the three Fortune sisters contemplate the futures that await them, grappling with the choices before them, until, on an infamous night, fate intervenes, forever altering their lives.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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990L
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"Explores the tragic disaster of the Titanic, including the construction of the massive ship, the shipwreck on its maiden voyage, stories from survivors, and its legacy in history"--Provided by publisher.
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Tells the story of five fishermen who, in their eagerness to haul in the catch of a lifetime, stayed too long in the Alaskan waters of Fairweather Grounds and were caught in an Arctic storm that sank their boat in 1998, and discusses the Coast Guard's rescue effort.
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"YOU have found yourself aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic. Where you find yourself when the ship strikes the deadly iceberg and the decisions you make afterward will mean the difference between life and death. Step back in time to make the difficult choices that real people made in the face of this historic tragedy" --
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"Rocky Point Beach has seen many shipwrecks caused by the curse of Captain Cutler's ghost. The Mystery Inc. gang puts their day of fun in the sun on hold and dives in to investigate. Scooby-Doo and friends are ready to wade through rough waters to solve the mystery in this early chapter book"--
11) Everlasting
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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790L
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In 1855, seventeen-year-old Camille sets out from San Francisco, California, on her last sea voyage before entering a loveless marriage, but when her father's ship is destroyed, she and a friend embark on a cross-Australian quest to find her long-lost mother who holds a map to a magical stone.
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"Twenty years after Ocean Views went off the air, the beloved TV show about teenage romance and angst is back. No one is more surprised than its former star, Agnes 'Ness' Larkin, that she’s agreed to step back into the role of Hailey Grant. After her father/manager took off with her earnings, Ness ran away from the spotlight in shame. But maybe it’s time to stare her past, and her castmates, in their discreetly Botoxed faces. That enthusiasm...
13) Avis Dolphin
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"Avis Dolphin doesn't want to leave Canada and sail to England on the Lusitania. War is raging in Europe, and the Germans threaten to sink the ship. Avis is lonely and afraid until she meets a kindly professor whose stories of a magical island help her face an uncertain future. When the Lusitania is attacked, Avis must draw on all her newfound strength to cope with the confusion, terror and despair. How can she survive the sudden devastation of the...
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"Take a new look at the sinking of the RMS Titanic through the eyes of the heroes and the cowards, the wealthy and the poor, the survivors and those who went down with the ship. In voices of the Titanic, you'll read the stories of real passengers and how they found their place aboard the most luxurious ocean liner of its time. The fascinating accounts and tantalizing tales will keep you captivated for hours."--Back cover
15) The parliament
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2024.
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When tens of thousands of owls descend on her hometown library, rending and tearing at anyone foolish enough to step outside, Madigan Purdy, tasked with keeping her students safe, seeks inspiration from her favorite childhood book, The Silent Queen, to find a solution to their dilemma.
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Experience a kaleidoscope of real-life underwater missions, ranging from ancient ruins covered by reservoirs in the desert Southwest to a World War II submarine off the Alaskan coast; from the Isle Royale shipwrecks in the frigid Lake Superior to the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor; from the HL Hunley, the first submarine in history to sink an enemy ship, in Charleston Harbor to the ships sunk by atomic bombs at Bikini Atoll, and much more.
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[2023]
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From a working-class family, Scotsman Andrew Cunningham stewards for wealthy travelers aboard elegant cruise ships of the early 20th century, but he resents those who flaunt their inherited wealth. New Yorkers Florence and Bradley Cumings, first-class passengers traveling aboard Titanic, are the exception, and the three discover an ancestral connection. As the ship sinks on the fateful morning of April 15, 1912, Florence watches in horror from her...
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