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1) Voyager
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English
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Their love affair happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic Battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her ... and her body still cries out for him in her dreams. When she discovers that Jamie...
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Treasure hunters (James Patterson) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
"Following clues left by their missing father, twelve-year-old twins Bickford and Rebecca Kidd sail from the Caribbean to New York City with their siblings to finish the dangerous quest of their world-famous treasure-hunting parents"--Provided by publisher.
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Bloody Jack adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Description
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates. Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenth-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor...
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"In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, one of the best-known and best-loved poems in the English language, a grizzled old sailor stops a man on his way to a wedding and tells a terrifying story. He speaks of how he doomed the crew of his ship by shooting dead an albatross, awakened the wrath of ocean spirits, met Death himself, and must now walk the earth forever and share his tragic tale of sin, guilt and -- ultimately -- redemption."--
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Phoebe Starbuck has always adjusted her sails and rudder to the whims of her father. Now, for the first time, she's doing what she wants to do: marrying Captain Phineas Foulger and sailing far away from Nantucket. As she leaves on her grand adventure, her father gives her two gifts, both of which Phoebe sees little need for. The first is an old sheepskin journal from Great Mary, her highly revered great-grandmother. The other is a "minder" on the...
7) Seafire
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Seafire trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Follows Caledonia Styx, captain of her own ship, the Mors Navis, and its all-female crew as they strive to defeat the powerful fleet of Aric Athair, the vicious warlord who has taken their homes and families.
8) Fable
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Fable joins the young, motley crew of the Marigold to escape the island where her father abandoned her, but she quickly realizes life off the island is more dangerous than she imaged.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1020L
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English
Description
Harvey Cheyne is the over-indulged son of a millionaire. When he falls overboard from an ocean liner he is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins the crew of the We're Here for a summer. Through the medium of an exciting adventure story, Captains Courageous (1897) deals with a boy who, like Mowgli in The Jungle Book , is thrown into an entirely alien environment. The supersitious, magical world of the sea and the...
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Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 1
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 01
Aubrey / Maturin volume 01
Aubrey and Maturin
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 01
Aubrey / Maturin volume 01
Aubrey and Maturin
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English
Description
"The classic first novel of the epic Aubrey/Maturin series, widely considered "the best historical novels ever written" (Richard Snow, New York Times). Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as commander: the fourteen-gun ship HMS Sophie. Meanwhile-after a heated first encounter that nearly comes to a duel-Aubrey and a brilliant but down-on-his-luck physician, Stephen Maturin, strike up an...
11) Lord Jim
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his technical prowess and a delicately crafted picture of a character...
12) A sailor returns
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
700L
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English
Description
Evan, an eleven-year-old boy in 1914 whose strict father has little time for him, is delighted when his long-lost grandfather returns, relates his many sea adventures, and hobbles around like Evan who has a club foot.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old twins Bickford and Rebecca Kidd and their two older siblings travel to Africa to track down priceless artifacts that will keep the family's treasure hunting business afloat long enough to rescue their kidnapped mother--and possibly find their missing father"-- Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
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Following their mother's death in Nantucket, Captain Goodspeed brings twelve-year-old Patience and six-year-old Tad aboard his whaling ship, where a new crew member incites a mutiny and Patience puts her mathematical ability to good use.
15) The buccaneers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
720L
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English
Description
In the eighteenth century sixteen-year-old John Spencer sails from England in his schooner, the Dragon, to the Caribbean, where he and the crew encounter pirates, fierce storms, fever, and a strange man who some fear may be cursed.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
570L
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English
Description
After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known as the "Sailors' Bible."
17) Quarterdeck
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After being promoted during the Battle of Camperdown, acting Lieutenant Thomas Kydd finds himself aboard the U.S.S. Constellation operating out of Halifax during the first days of the American Navy.
18) Treasure Island
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 850L
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English
Description
The most popular pirate story ever written in English, featuring one of literature's most beloved “bad guys,” Treasure Island has been happily devoured by several generations of boys-and girls-and grownups. Its unforgettable characters include: young Jim Hawkins, who finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island, where the fabled pirate booty is buried; honest Captain Smollett, heroic Dr. Livesey, and the good-hearted but obtuse Squire Trelawney,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
Description
"Herman Melville's final masterpiece, found unpublished on his desk at his death. Billy Budd, Sailor would emerge, after its publication in 1924, as one of Melville's best-loved books--and one of his most open, with its discussion of homosexualty. In it, Melville returns to the sea to tell the story of Billy, a cheerful, hard working, and handsome young sailor, conscripted to work against his will on another ship, where he soon finds himself persecuted...
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"The complete eleventh season of SpongeBob Squarepants is resurfacing and it's bringing some of the most unforgettable characters in Bikini Bottom with it! Dive headfirst into 50 deep-sea tales of nautical nonsense! Enter DoodleBob's alternate dimension and take a trip to Bubble Buddy's hometown. Help SpongeBob keep Fred's leg out of harm's way, move Bubble Bass out of his mom's basement, and stop SpongeGar from wreaking havoc all over town! Make...
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