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"Evangeline Hussey has made a home for herself on Nantucket, though she knows she is still an outsider to the island’s small, close-knit community, one that by 1849 has started to feel the decline of a once-thriving whaling industry. Her husband, Hosea, and the life they built together, was once all she needed—but now Hosea is gone, lost at sea. Evangeline is only able to hold on to his inn, and her place on the island, by employing a curious...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 42
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Embark on a thrilling high-sea adventure with Captain Ahab and his relentless pursuit of the legendary white whale, Moby Dick. Set sail on the whaling ship, the Pequod, as the crew grapples with the dangers of the deep and the madness of their vengeful captain. A timeless tale of obsession, courage, and the ultimate battle of man versus nature unfolds on the vast ocean expanse. Brimming with rich symbolism and unforgettable characters, "Moby-Dick"...
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Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
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301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
5) The whale
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Lighthouse family volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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A family of animals that lives in a lighthouse helps a lost baby beluga whale find his mother.
6) Breathe
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2014.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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A young whale enjoys its first day of independence.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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"For Vega and her family, salmon is life. And Vega is learning to be a salmon finder, preparing for the day when she will be her family's matriarch. But then she and her brother Deneb are separated from their pod when a devastating earthquake and tsunami render the seascape unrecognizable. Vega must use every skill she has to lead her brother back to their family. The young orcas face a shark attack, hunger, the deep ocean, and polluted waters on...
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2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
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When Sally and her brother spot a beached whale on their way home from school in Maine, the town races to save the whale. Meanwhile, Sally sits close to the whale's eye and assures the stranded creature of its strength and beauty.
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Mermaid tales volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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103 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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When her class at Trident Academy visits a pod of whales, Kiki Coral must overcome her fears with the help of her friends.
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Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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Advises the reader about what to do, and not do, in order to successfully spot a whale, such as wrapping up in a not-too-cozy blanket, ignoring the roses, and especially, being patient.
16) Ice Whale
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From the most celebrated children's nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winning "Julie of the Wolves" In 1848 in Barrow, Alaska, a young Eskimo boy witnesses a rare sight--the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, that he calls Siku. But when he unwittingly guides Yankee whalers to a pod of bowhead whales, all the whales are killed. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the...
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Rainbow magic.Ocean fairies volume 6
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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64 p. : ill. map ; 20 cm.
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"Rachel and Kirsty are on a whale watch! Can they spot Whitney's pet whale before it's too late?"--Cover.
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Soren, a young humpback whale, loves music but is tired of the dull, droning, endless songs that are frustratingly popular among the adult whales he knows. He has ideas for better songs: shorter, up-tempo tunes with snare drums and even maracas. Unfortunately, every time he shares his new tunes with his friends, he’s met with less than encouraging feedback and even a bit of discreet whale vomiting.--
20) The whale road
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Oathsworn novels volume 1
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Look no further for your next Viking series.
This is the first in the epic Oathsworn series, charting the adventures of a band of Vikings on the chase for the secret hoard of Attila the Hun. In time with the magnificent British Museum Viking exhibition, comes the Oathsworn series, by fiction legend Bernard Cornwell, and known for its blockbuster battles and powerful suspense. Life is savage aboard a Viking raider. Young Orm Rurikson is plucked from...
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