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1) Atlantic
Author
Publisher
Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores what the Atlantic Ocean is, how far it stretches, how the moon affects it, and other characteristics as described by the ocean itself.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"After a tragic accident maims her laboratory assistant, Dr. Sara Pollard's career as a primate behaviorist lies in ruins. With nothing left to lose, Pollard-descendant of a Nantucket captain whose ship was sunk by a rogue whale-accepts an offer to join anti-whaling activists on a round-the-world racing yacht as the resident scientist. The plan is to sail from Argentina to the stormy Antarctic Sea. There they'll shadow, harass, and expose the Japanese...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
xii, 319 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
4) Indian Ocean
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : colored illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
6) Arctic Ocean
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this New York Times bestselling series! Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck - he and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean with their Aunt Daisy. The ship is full of exciting places to explore, but when George ventures into the first class storage cabin, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's...
10) Deep water
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First Scout Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Responding to a rescue call in the Indian Ocean, a Captain discovers a mortally injured man and his traumatized wife who describes how their exotic trip to a tiny, remote island forced her to become a murderer.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Servants and socialites sip cocktails side by side on their way to new lives in this "thrilling, seductive, and utterly absorbing" (Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author) historical suspense novel in the tradition of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile and Ken Follett's Night Over Water . The ship has been like a world within itself, a vast floating city outside of normal rules. But the longer the journey continues, the more confined...
13) Midnight
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"While on a dream cruise aboard a luxury liner to Antarctica, actuary Olivia Campbell is plunged into a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to stop the ship from reaching its final destination, soon discovering she may have booked a one-way ticket to her own death"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Why are oceans some of Earth's most important resources? This title explores the many ways humans and other living things depend on oceans, from helping to clean the air and regulating the climate to providing work opportunities and healthy food. Readers will also learn how human activity affects oceans and become familiar with the call for more sustainable ocean use"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Climate change is one of the most serious threats to the world's oceans causing ecosystem damage, coastal erosion, and ocean acidification. This necessary title explores these effects and the worldwide efforts to reduce them. From youth leaders to global organizations, learn how people work together to protect the oceans from the effects of climate change - and get motivated to take action in your community"--
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
""The oceans have always shaped human lives," writes marine biologist Helen Scales in her vibrant new book The Brilliant Abyss, but the surface and the very edges have so far mattered the most. "However, one way or another, the future ocean is the deep ocean." A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway. Revolutionary studies in the deep are rewriting the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus Illustrated
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Journey to the depths of the ocean and meet the animals that live at different levels of the sea. Comparisons to familiar objects give perspective and illustrated rulers show numeric distances of each depth range. Includes a map, glossary, and further resources"--
18) Burn: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
When Jenner Redwine wins the lottery, she never imagined how much it would cost her. Luckily she finds an ally-and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege in a shy, kind-hearted heiress who invites Jenner on a charity cruise. But what should have been a "Love Boat" cruise suddenly turns into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger, and Jenner finds herself taken hostage by a menacing stranger--a stranger that helps her rediscover feelings...
20) Phoebe's light
Author
Series
Nantucket legacy volume 1
Nantucket legacy volume Book 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Nantucket legacy volume Book 1
Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...