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For over a year, ocean-going vessels have reported running into a floating island or a submerged naval wreck, or being rammed by a giant whale. Pierre Aronnax, assistant professor at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, develops a theory to explain these confusing sightings; he believes that a huge narwhal is bedeviling these ships. After the Scotia, a Cunard Lines passenger ship, again encounters this "creature," the United States equips a speedy...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
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This nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century. The adventures of a French scientist and his companions who travel the seven seas as prisoners in the submarine of the mysterious Captain Nemo.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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"Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are...
5) The sea-wolf
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"As a frail young scholar, Humphrey Van Weyden knows nothing of physical labor. But when an accident at sea leaves him stranded on a seal-hunting ship controlled by the strong, brutal Wolf Larsen, Humphrey is suddenly forced into the backbreaking life of a sailor. For a time, he seems to be learning the ropes and making progress. But as Larsen becomes more and more violent with his crew, Humphrey realizes that he must escape from the clutches of this...
6) Ships
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and supportive full-color photographs introduce young readers to ships. Intended for kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Chelo Lee, her brother Joseph, and four other genetically enhanced children who have been abandoned on the colony world of Fremont struggle to make the dangerous, wild planet home and discover that a long-deserted space ship could hold the key to their survival.
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Language
English
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Description
"Now in paperback, The Employees chronicles the fate of the interstellar Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny, especially among the humanoids. Olga Ravn's prose is chilling, crackling, exhilarating,...
13) Ship
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This extensively illustrated book describes and shows wooden ships or caravels of the fifteenth century and follows archaeologists as they uncover a lost caravel in the Caribbean Sea.
17) Boats go
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In simple text this board book shows the different sea vessels and the noises they make.
18) Submarines
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Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book is an introduction to submarines, describing their history, types, crews, construction, and missions.
19) The God Engines
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Language
English
Description
Devoted to the Bishopry Militant and to his crew, ship captain Ean Tephe is given a secret mission to a hidden land.
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