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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about Littoral Combat Ships. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Readers enter the underwater world of extreme submarines with this text, which offers a high-interest take on the career, technology, and engineering curricula in elementary classrooms. Readers learn the basics of submarine technology and how submarine crews live inside the machine. The text examines the ways in which submarines are used, including civilian and military missions, and how they escape detection in the deepest depths of the oceans. Familiar...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
"From New York Times bestselling author of the "twisty-mystery" (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware--this time, set at sea. In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie's works, 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...
4) Still summer
Author
Language
English
Description
Mitchard's Still Summer plunges into terror
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY
Secure your life preserver. Tie yourself to the mast. It's late August, but it's still summer, and Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking you on a thrill ride you won't forget.
Mitchard made her mark in the literary world in 1996 when The Deep End of the Ocean was chosen as the first pick for Oprah Winfrey's now-legendary book club. Since then, she has written...
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY
Secure your life preserver. Tie yourself to the mast. It's late August, but it's still summer, and Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking you on a thrill ride you won't forget.
Mitchard made her mark in the literary world in 1996 when The Deep End of the Ocean was chosen as the first pick for Oprah Winfrey's now-legendary book club. Since then, she has written...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ocean liners, massive oil tankers, floating factories, cruise ships, and underwater fortresses are just a few of the extreme machines covered in this text, which takes an in-depth look at the world's most extreme watercraft. Readers learn about the technology and engineering behind massive commercial vessels and personal watercraft. The text also covers the latest developments in solar-powered, air-powered, and jet-powered watercraft technology. Readers...
6) Ships
Author
Language
English
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Description
""Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to ships through simple, predictable text and related photos"--Provided by publisher"--
7) Saturn Run
Author
Language
English
Description
"The year is 2066. A Caltech intern inadvertently notices an anomaly from a space telescope--something is approaching Saturn, and decelerating. Space objects don't decelerate. Spaceships do. A flurry of top-level government meetings produces the inescapable conclusion: Whatever built that ship is at least one hundred years ahead in hard and soft technology, and whoever can get their hands on it exclusively and bring it back will have an advantage...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Professor Arronax and his two companions, trapped aboard a fantastic submarine as prisoners of the deranged Captain Nemo, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above
10) Dawn
Author
Series
Xenogenesis series volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Lilith Iyapo wakes from a deep sleep, she finds herself aboard a vast spaceship, haunted by confused memories of a nuclear war that ravaged the world. She discovers that she is being held by the Oankali, a seemingly benevolent alien race that intervened in the human race's extinction, rescuing the survivors from their ruined planet and placing them in a coma-like sleep for centuries. Now the restored Earth is ready for inhabitants, and the Oankali...
11) Ships
Author
Series
Publisher
Silver Burdett Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Surveys the history of ships and their uses, from the first sailing ships to the ocean liners of today
12) Boats go!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boats are amazing machines that let us travel from place to play on water. Boats big and small all help us get around, navigating waters we couldn't travel without the aid of these helpful crafts. Young readers learn that boats are an exciting way to go in this book full of full-color photographs paired with accessible text. From visiting islands in the sea to crossing rivers and streams, they'll see how boats of all shapes and sizes are used by people...
13) A ship's day
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
""Vibrant illustrations accompany information about the daily activities of a cargo ship. The narrative nonfiction text is intended for students in kindergarten through third grade." -Provided by publisher"--
14) Ships go!
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"In this book, you'll find out where ships go and how people use them."--
18) Boats
Series
Publisher
New Forest Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Features the fastest, most powerful, and most amazing boats on and in the sea. Provides stats and facts on each model of boat, including capacity, size, and cost"--Provided by publisher
19) THE GLASS HOTEL
Author
Language
English
Description
"Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass and cedar palace on an island in British Columbia. Jonathan Alkaitis works in finance and owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it's the beginning of their life together. That same day, Vincent's half-brother, Paul, scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel: "Why don't you swallow broken glass." Leon Prevant, a shipping executive for a company called Neptune-Avramidis,...
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