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Author
Series
Chronicles of the black tulip volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"A young boy named Bren sets out on the high seas with a mysterious admiral to search for a legendary map that leads to an object of unspeakable power"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Anton and Cecil volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Orange Prize winner Valerie Martin teams up with educator Lisa Martin for a rip-roaring, high-seas adventure about two very different cat brothers. Illustrations.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
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Description
This novel follows the fortunes of Wesley Martin, a man who Kerouac said 'loved the sea with a strange, lonely love; the sea is his brother and sentences. He goes down.' Kerouac began this work not long after his first tour as a Merchant Marine on the S.S. Dorchester in the late summer of 1942 during which he kept a journal detailing the gritty daily routine of life at sea. Inspired by the trip, which exemplified Kerouac's love for adventure and the...
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 18
Formats
Description
Hal, his Brotherband crew, and the Ranger Gilan have freed the twelve Araluens sold into slavery. Returning to Araluen, Gilan is given a new mission by King Duncan: protect his daughter's life. Princess Cassandra has survived one attempt on her life already, and now whispers of a second attempt have reached the kingdom. A deadly sect known as the Scorpion Cult is thought to be behind the assassination threat.
26) Seafire
Author
Series
Seafire trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Follows Caledonia Styx, captain of her own ship, the Mors Navis, and its all-female crew as they strive to defeat the powerful fleet of Aric Athair, the vicious warlord who has taken their homes and families.
27) The outcasts
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Description
In a society that values strength over intellect, Hal's ingenuity, combined with the fact that his mother was a slave, sets him apart from other boys his age. As he and his peers compete in training designed to test their strength and endurance, Hal realizes he is not the only outcast and struggles to carve out a place for himself.
28) Lord Jim
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 24
Description
A young Englishman branded as a coward seeks personal redemption for an act of selfishness.
29) The Sea-wolf
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 18
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Description
This gripping saga of the sea demonstrates Jack London's gift for expressing complex ideas with compelling action. A clash of two opposing views of morality is brought to life in the ruthless Wolf Larsen, a strong believer in the survival of the fittest, and Humphrey Van Weyden, a civilized man who is shocked by the cruelty of Larsen's nature.
Author
Series
Kydd novels volume 7
Description
"The seventh Kydd adventure finds Thomas Kydd with his own command at last: the brigsloop Teazer! But Kydd must race the clock to make her battle-ready to defend Malta against Barbary pirates. Soon peace is declared, and the young captain finds himself ashore on half pay. To make ends meet, he agrees to transport convicts to Australia and unexpetedly must offer passage to his friend Renzi as well. There, at the ends of the earth, they will be forced...
Author
Series
Lintang series volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Lintang's dream of adventure on the high seas comes true when Captain Shafira invites her to join her pirate crew, but Lintang's best friend, Bayani, has stowed away and is keeping secrets.
34) The bamboo sword
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Author
Series
Kydd novels volume 5
Description
In this fifth adventure Kydd passes a tough examination for his lieutenancy but feels out of place among the high born officers. Later he is caught up in the intrigue surrounding the birth of the American Navy and must use quick wits and superior seamanship to survive.
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume Book 6
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Description
When a massive storm at sea blows the Brotherband crew off course to a land so far west Hal cannot recognize it from his maps, they face an unknown enemy.
38) Fox and the box
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A fox sets out across the sea in a floating box on a grand adventure full of endless possibilities.
40) Polaris
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"In the 1830s Owen Ward is cabin boy on the "Polaris," a ship on a voyage of scientific exploration, when illness and a mutiny off the coast of Brazil cause the adult crew to abandon the ship, leaving the handful of young cabin attendants and deckhands behind. The young seafarers are determined to bring their ship to safety, but when one of them disappears they begin to suspect that there is something deadly on board with them"--