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81) The cay
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
83) Whisky galore!
Publisher
Arrow Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010, ©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
202 p. : ill., maps, photos (black & white) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In her diary in 1912, thirteen-year-old Margaret Ann describes how she leaves her lonely life in a London orphanage to become a companion to a wealthy American woman, sails on the Titanic, and experiences its sinking.
85) The lost sailor
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A sailor famed for his seamanship and luck is shipwrecked on a tiny island, where his darkest hour gives rise to rescue and a new life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves.
For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hallucinatory...
For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hallucinatory...
89) Never a hero
Author
Series
Only a monster volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family – and destroyed the hero, Nick. But her success has come at a terrible cost. She alone remembers what happened. Now, Aaron, her hard-won friend – and maybe more – is an enemy, trying to kill her. And Nick, the boy she loved, is a stranger who doesn’t even know her name. Only Joan remembers that a greater and more dangerous enemy is still out there....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Recounts the demise of the "unsinkable" Titanic, the massive luxury liner that housed extravagances such as a French "sidewalk cafe" and a grand staircase, but failed to provide enough lifeboats for the 2,207 passengers on board.
91) Shipwreck
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of shipwrecks, famous wrecks, causes, navigation and rescue techniques, and underwater archeology and the exploration of wrecks.
Author
Series
Secret projects volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the "real world" should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes, in easy-to-read text, the disastrous 1912 sinking of the world's largest ocean liner after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
x, 164 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea."
95) The Titanic
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A history of the Titanic and a recounting of one of the worst maritime disasters in history.
96) Titanic
Author
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
Rev. & updated ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the ocean liner Titanic, its maiden voyage, and its sinking, and discusses the recent discovery and exploration of the ship's remains on the ocean floor using deep-diving robots.
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