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2) Stowaway
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An enthralling nautical epic, River Meets the Sea traces the dual timelines of a white-passing Indigenous foster child in 1940s Vancouver and a teenage immigrant in the suburbs of Nanaimo in the 1970s. A natural-born storyteller, Ronny is a left-handed "alley mutt" without a birth certificate who searches for his mother everywhere -- most powerfully, he hears her voice in the surging Stó:lō River. Born in the middle of the ocean on a merchant ship...
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 1
Pub. Date
1983, ©1982
Language
English
Description
"Dirk Pitt, death-defying adventurer and deep-sea expert, is put to the ultimate test as he plunges into the perilous waters of the Pacific Vortex." Pitt's job is to find Starbuck, America's deep-diving nuclear arsenal and salvage it before the sea explodes.
Author
Series
Sinister secrets volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Noah has grown up in a mysterious house that grows larger every night with only his mother and a robot-boy for company. He spends his days building robotic devices for the city of Liberty, a place he's not even allowed to visit--not since his father almost destroyed it when Noah was only a baby. When Noah discovers a message hidden in one of his father's inventions, he decides to run away to find him. He's sure that at his father's...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
With rations running dangerously low, Captain Hornblower fears that the lure of the South Sea islands may entice the crew to mutiny.
June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua. The Admiralty has ordered Captain Horatio Hornblower, now in command of the thirty-six gun HMS Lydia, to form an alliance against the Spanish colonial government with an insane Spanish landowner. He also is ordered to find a water route across the Central American isthmus, and...
7) The trench
Author
Series
Megalodon series volume 2
Pub. Date
2013, ©1999
Language
English
Description
A giant shark escapes from a California aquarium, creating havoc before heading to sea. As he probes the ocean depths in pursuit, biologist Jonas Taylor stumbles on a terrorist nuclear arms factory.
9) U-571
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal the Nazi's top-secret decoding device, the Enigma. When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.
Author
Series
Wild robot volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Life for Roz and the animals on their island is perfect. But when mysterious, dangerous waters surround the island, the animals are forced inland to fight over dwindling resources. Roz calms and organizes the animals, but the poison tide takes a terrible toll on the island. So the wild robot sets out across the ocean, determined to stop the poison tide. During her journey, Roz encounters amazing geological formations and incredible creatures, and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old Julia loves the mysteries of the ocean and marine biology, just like her scientist mother. Her family is spending the summer on a remote island where her mom is searching for the elusive Greenland shark, a creature that might be older than the trees, and so rare that it's only been seen a few times. But the ocean is reluctant to give up its secrets, and Julia tries not to worry as her mother returns disappointed at the end of each day....
12) All tide up
Author
Series
InvestiGators volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a cruise captain is found drifting at sea and delirious, the search begins for his missing ship and passengers! Did it sink? Was it boat-napped? Are supernatural forces at play? And can the InvestiGators unravel this maritime mystery before a second cruise befalls a similarly unfathomable fate? Seas the day and find out in this new nautical adventure!"--
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