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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
Author
Series
Gideon Crew volume 4
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Five years after a giant meteorite from deep space sank to the ocean floor after a failed recovery effort, the discovery that the meteorite is actually a complex organism that is now growing and could destroy life on Earth leads to a high-stakes assignment for Gideon Crew.
4) Ice drift
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1863, two young Inuits, fourteen-year-old Alika and his younger brother Sulu, must fend for themselves during the six months they are stranded on an ice floe drifting south from Ellesmere Island towards the Greenland Strait.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the recent discovery of physics-defying ocean waves at heights previously thought impossible, describing the efforts of the scientific community to understand the phenomenon, the pursuits of extreme surfers to ride these waves, and the destructive capabilities of tsunamis.
6) Oceans
Author
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Revised edition, New edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the diversity of life in the sea, including predators and prey, the coral reef, and life in the twilight zone of the ocean, with information on products of the ocean, ocean explorers, and preservation of this natural resource.
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. + 1 DVD(30 min. : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
The entry for each letter of the alphabet focuses on the ocean-dwellers that begin with that letter, in an alphabetically arranged book that comes packaged with a thirty-minute DVD of underwater footage.
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Earth's Incredible Oceans, written by ocean expert Jess French and illustrated by Claire McElfatrick, takes children on a fascinating underwater journey, showing them just how amazing oceans are, what plants and animals live in them, and how we can help them. It includes all sorts of ocean life, plus amazing facts on how ocean animals have fun, look after their young, and interact with each other"--
11) Clam-I-am!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
44 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores life along the seashore with the Fish and the Cat in the Hat, along with coastal creatures such as hermit crabs, seagulls, and jellyfish.
12) Ocean meets sky
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
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
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book explores the North Pole that lies in the Arctic region, the South Pole that lies in Antarctica, and the five oceans that lie between the poles, describing the animals, plants, and people of these regions and the plants and animals of the oceans.
14) Oceanarium
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 38 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Guides readers around the world's oceans, from sandy shorelines to the darkest depths. Learn about the ocean's most fascinating animals, including giant whale sharks, tiny tropical fish, and majestic manatees, among many others"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Erik Larson's Dead Wake comes The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria, about the sinking of the glamorous Italian ocean liner, including never-before-seen photos of the wreck today. In 1956, a stunned world watched as the famous Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria sank after being struck by a Swedish vessel off the coast of Nantucket. Unlike the Titanic, this sinking played out in real time across radios and televisions, the first disaster...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Right after the sudden death of her mother--her first and most devoted fan--and just before the launch of her high-stakes sophomore album, Greta James falls apart on stage. The footage quickly goes viral and she stops playing, her career suddenly in jeopardy--the kind of jeopardy her father, Conrad, has always predicted. Months later, Greta--still heartbroken and very much adrift--reluctantly agrees to accompany Conrad on the Alaskan cruise her parents...
17) Challenger deep
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
As he struggles with schizophrenia, a teenage boy believes he is on a journey to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest place on Earth.
18) Anna's crossing
Author
Series
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
"A young Amish woman fends off the matchmaking efforts of her fellow passengers on the Charming Nancy--the ship that brought the first wave of Amish to America in 1737"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
LOST IN THE PACIFIC is the first book in a new narrative nonfiction series that tells the true story of a band of World War II soldiers who became stranded at sea and had to fight for survival.
World War II, October 21, 1942. A B-17 bomber drones high over the Pacific Ocean, sending a desperate SOS into the air. The crew is carrying America's greatest living war hero on a secret mission deep into the battle zone. But the plane is lost, burning through...