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The Unwanteds volume 5
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Alex and his friends from Artimé are stranded on a newly-discovered island, and they are not alone, while in Quill, his twin Aaron's power base grows as he joins with an unlikely ally in a risky plan to finally conquer Artimé.
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"The history of shipwrecks along the 840-mile California coast"--
"More than two thousand ships have been lost along California's 840 miles of coastline -- Spanish galleons, passenger liners, freighters, schooners. Some tragedies are marking points in U.S. maritime history. The 'City of Rio de Janeiro,' bound from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1901, slices the fog only to strike a rock and sink in twenty minutes, sending 128 passengers to watery...
45) The Titanic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about the Titanic. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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The aromas of wild thyme and Highland heather waft through Lochdubh, home to M. C. Beaton's eccentric policeman, Hamish Macbeth. Yet what the irascible constable smells in his latest case is the acrid scent of fear as an entire town is entrapped in something dark and deadly.
Yet, as he deftly investigates the summer's high crimes and misdemeanors, he attracts the attention of his superiors. They feel a promotion and transfer will give him
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
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English
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The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie to the deck of the Titanic to find a mysterious gift that will free a small dog from a magic spell.
48) Scritch scratch
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Haunted after helping her father on his ghost-themed Chicago bus tour, twelve-year-old Claire must discover what the spectral boy from the bus wants before it is too late.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Cara's mother is missing and the rest of her family is ignoring the problem or is busy with other things. But when a watery spector begins to haunt the family's Cape Cod home, Cara and her brothers realize their scientist mother may not have been who they thought she was. With the help of Cara's best friend Hayley, the brothers and sisters embark on a quest that will lead them from Cape's hidden, ancient places to a shipwreck at the bottom of the...
50) Hatchet
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
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Kids - Adventure Stories
Kids - Suggestions for Fourth Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Sixth Graders
Kids - Survival Stories
Kids - Suggestions for Fourth Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Sixth Graders
Kids - Survival Stories
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After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
51) The deep
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Dive trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
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English
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Kaz, Star, Adriana, and Dante have discovered a sunken treasure ship--and nobody wants them to get near it. It will take a whole lot of ingenuity and teamwork for the kids to get back what is rightfully theirs.
52) Shackles from the deep: tracing the path of a sunken slave ship, a bitter past, and a rich legacy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Presents an investigation into the wreck of the Henrietta Marie and how it reflects the tragic history of slavery in England, West Africa, the Caribbean and America.
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English
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Describes how the crews of two different vessels became shipwrecked on opposite ends of the same deserted island and the very different experiences of the two groups--one of which through sheer determination and fortitude overcame the challenges of their environment, while the other descended into complete anarchy
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"Ashes Under Water is the riveting untold story of the 1915 sinking of the SS Eastland, a Lake Michigan excursion boat, which rolled over while tied to its dock, within feet of one the busiest intersections in Chicago's famed Loop District. Horrified morning commuters watched it all unfold. The final death toll would not come for weeks but would be 835 people, including 21 entire families. The trial would make national headlines and cause public outrage;...
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2005.
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1 online resource (356 pages)
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English
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Two survivors' accounts of the sinking of the Titanic. The information contained in Colonel Gracie's story is available from no other source. He provides details of the final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the ocean and of those men who, in a panic, jumped into lifeboats as they were being lowered. Walter Lord, author of A Night to Remember, calls Gracie "an indefatigable detective." John Thayer was, like Gracie, one of the last...
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In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm currents sustained a verdant island at the top of the world. National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores....
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Ranger in time volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
640L
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English
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This time the mysterious box transports the golden retriever Ranger back to the shipyards of Belfast in 1912, where a ship is being prepared for her maiden voyage, and when he saves young Patrick Murphy from being crushed by falling boards, Ranger expectsto be transported home; when he is not, he knows that somehow his job is not finished--but then, Ranger has never heard of the Titanic, and knows nothing of the fate that awaits Patrick, and all the...
58) Bad island
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Lyle, Karen, Janie, and Reese must find a way off an island while they dodge strange and dangerous things on the island.
59) Elephant island
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"Caught in a storm, Arnold the elephant washes up on a tiny island. Along comes Mouse in a little dingy and Arnold steps aboard…uh-oh! They use the wreckage to make the island bigger. And here’s Dog—can this boat take Arnold’s weight? Uh-oh! None of the animals can save the shipwrecked elephant but each broken vessel provides new materials for another intricate construction. Wheels and pulleys create a Ferris wheel, an elevator, a waffle maker....
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Based on historical events, this gripping graphic novel chronicles the fierce physical, legal, and political battles sparked by the discovery of an ancient underwater treasure. May 2007. When an American treasure-hunting company uncovers a shipwreck containing the greatest underwater trove ever found, the world is captivated by their discovery. But over in Spain, a group of low-level government officials surmises that the sunken ship is in fact an...
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