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61) U.S.S. Seawolf
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Armed with stolen U. S. military technology, the Chinese are producing a frightening new breed of weaponry, led by the ICBM submarine Xia III--a vessel that just might be able to launch a nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean and take out an American West Coast city. National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan can't let that happen, and he dispatches the most stealthy hunter-killer submarine in the U. S. fleet, the 9, 000-ton ultrasecret Seawolf,...
62) Ocean meets sky
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A little boy builds a ship to honor his late grandfather and sets sail for the magical place where ocean meets sky from his grandfather's stories"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Discover The Adventurers Quartet, a riveting blend of Regency-era high seas adventure, intrigue and romance, only from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens.
His to cherish
Declan Frobisher chose Lady Edwina Delbraith as his wife. Scion of a bold, seafaring dynasty, he's accustomed to getting his way- Edwina would be the woman who graced his arm, warmed his bed and remained safely at home when he returned to sea. But once the...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A compelling, marvelous novel by the acclaimed author of Mink River Declan O Donnell has left Oregon aboard his boat, the Plover, to escape the life that's so troubled him on land. He sets course west into the Pacific in search of solitude. Instead, he finds a crew, each in search of something themselves, and what at first seems a lonely sea voyage becomes a rapturous, heartfelt celebration of life's surprising paths, planned and unplanned"--Provided...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Invited to sail on a Danish merchant ship in 1949, eccentric Icelander Valdimar Haraldsson discovers the second mate on the ship is none other than Caeneus, the hero of Greek mythology, who regales his fellow shipmates with tales of the Golden Fleece.
66) Barracuda 945
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The enemy from within . . . Iranian-born British Commando Major Ray Kerman was a rising star in the SAS -- until he abruptly switched loyalties while on a mission in the Middle East. Fanatically determined to employ his brilliant talents and training in the destruction of those he once swore to protect, he is now General Ravi Rashood, leader of the world's most vicious terrorist organization -- and he has found his ultimate weapon: Barracuda 945....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Responsibility knocks, and a reckless, hedonistic man responds and opens the door to love-thus is a daredevil snared.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens brings you the third installment in THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET, continuing the drama of Regency-era high seas adventure, laced with a mystery shrouded in the heat of tropical jungles, and spiced with the passionate romances of four couples and their unexpected journeys into love....
Author
Series
Cape Hatteras trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
2004, 1977.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The further adventures of Ben and Teetoncey as they take to the sea--he, to find his brother, and she to escape a forced return to England.
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Formats
Description
The crew of the Oregon has just completed a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf, when they come across a cruise ship adrift in the sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and as ship captain Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner's sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate--and as perilous--as any...
70) Jaws
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the 1974 publication of the novel Jaws and the release a year later of the film based on the book, an American cultural phenomenon was born. Today, the remarkable bestseller by Peter Benchley still towers as a thrilling classic of suspense, drama, and the eternal conflicts of man against nature ... and man against himself. As the movie continues to broadcast all over the world, entire generations may know the Jaws story only through its cinematic...
71) On a pirate ship
Author
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A pirate and his crew set sail in search of treasure, but they must first endure a storm and fight a battle.
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the U.S. secretary of state's plane crashes while bringing her to a summit meeting in Libya, the CIA, distrusting the Libyans, hire Juan Cabrillo to search for her--in a manhunt that pits him against Islamic terrorists and a search for answers regarding a centuries-old Islamic manuscript.
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
1991, c1978
Language
English
Description
Jack's prize money has set the household accounts aright, but if he continues frittering it on naive extravagances, it will be gone in a fortnight. Fortunately he gets a commission aboard the Leopard, bound for Australia to rescue the hated and captive Captain Bligh.
74) Keeper
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
On the night of the blue moon when mermaids are said to gather on a sandbar in the Gulf of Mexico, ten-year-old Keeper sets out in a small boat, with her dog BD and a seagull named Captain, determined to find her mother, a mermaid, as Keeper has always believed, who left long ago to return to the sea.
75) Unsinkable
Author
Publisher
Harper Muse
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Unsinkable is a stand-alone historical novel about two women who survive against all odds and become legends. Violet Jessop is Miss Unsinkable. Daphne has survived calamity of her own"--
76) Once a scoundrel
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The son of a proud naval dynasty, Gabriel Hawkins was born to command the sea. But he left the Royal Navy in disgrace, disowned by his family. As captain of his own ship, he's earned his living in ways both legal and illegal, and his experience makes him the best choice to ransom an aristocratic beauty captured by Barbary pirates. Lady Aurora Lawrence is horrified by the prospect of spending her life as a harem slave. Her only hope of escape is a...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Rosa Santos, a Cuban American, works to save her Florida town, seeks admittance to study abroad in her homeland, and wonders if love can break her family's curse. Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea-at least, that's what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if you're a boy with a boat. But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The underwater kingdom of Aquamarina is in trouble because the enchanted Music of the Sea has stopped playing--so Thea and the Thea Sisters, together with their friend Will Mystery set out on a dangerous mission to find the Sea Violin which will restore color and life to the Kingdom.
79) Hello, Ocean!
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses.
Author
Series
Secret projects volume 1
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress...
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