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Young Jim Hawkins has no reason to suspect that Billy Bones, the pensioner who has taken up residence in his father's inn, is anything other than an aging former mariner. But when violent altercations with visitors to the inn leave Billy on death's doorstep, Jim discovers that they all are members of the crew of the notorious pirate, Captain Flint, and that Billy has a map that shows the whereabouts of Flint's buried treasure--a map that Jim inadvertently...
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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...
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As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious. The "Seahawk" looms against a darkening sky. Manned by an angry, motley crew at the mercy of a ruthless captain, the ship reeks of despair and mutiny! It is no place for the lone passenger, 13-year-old Charlotte Doyle, yet for her there is no turning back. But from her seemingly powerless position, Charlotte dares to...
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School Ship Tobermory volume 1
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"When two siblings attend an unusual school, aboard a ship, they make new friends, learn about all things nautical, and become involved in a mystery they feel compelled to help solve"--
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"Join famous scientist Pierre Aronnax as he sets sail in search of a terrifying sea monster. When he is captured by Captain Nemo, Aronnax is taken on a dark and mysterious voyage deep in the ocean where he fears for his life. Will he spend his final days locked inside Nemo's strange submarine, the Nautilus?"--Back cover.
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When her parents, the great marine scientists Dr. and Dr. Quail, are killed in a tragic accident, eleven year old Fidelia Quail is racked by grief. But she is forced out of her mourning when she's kidnapped by Merrick the Monstrous, a pirate whose list of crimes stretches longer than a ribbon eel. Her task? Use her marine know-how to retrieve his treasure, lost on the ocean floor. As Fidelia and the pirates close in on the prize, with the navy hot...
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Emily Windsnap volume 8
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2019.
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"Traveling home by cruise ship should be a relaxing break after Emily's latest adventure, but things take a turn when the ship is overtaken by a pirate king and his crew. After the pirates collect everyone's riches, they steal something even more valuable: Aaron. The pirate king's eldest son takes Aaron captive, forcing him to help guide the pirates to the mythical Trident's Treasure. So Emily dives into action and joins the younger son's crew in...
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When the brig Amaryllis was swallowed in a hurricane, the captain and all the crew were swallowed too. For thirty years, the captain's widow, Geneva Reade, has waited, certain that her husband will send her a message from the bottom of the sea. But someone else is waiting too, and watching her, a man called Seward. Into this haunted situation comes Jenny, the widow's granddaughter. The three of them are drawn into a kind of deadly game with one...
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"Alexis, a 12-year-old native Hawaiian, is terrified of the ocean and the creatures that live there because of an encounter she had early in her life with a moray eel. Her mother, a civilian contractor for the Navy, likes to give Alexis elaborate puzzles to solve when she's away on assignments. One puzzle gets her working for her grumpy neighbor, who everyone calls Uncle Tanaka, helping him gather marine samples. She has to use all her problem-solving...
11) The Wanderer
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Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
13) The slave dancer
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Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.
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Maggie Malone volume 3
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When Maggie learns that everyone at her new middle school belongs to a club, she decides to try the swim team then, using her magic boots, spends a day in the life of Marina Tide, a famous oceanographer's daughter who travels the world doing good, just as someone is setting up Marina and her father.
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Neptune Project volume 2
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"Nere and her friends, all genetically engineered to survive in the ocean, go on a rescue mission."--
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Neptune Project volume 1
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Nere has never understood why she's more comfortable and confident swimming with the dolphins that her mother studies than she is hanging out with her classmates on land, but everything falls into place when Nere learns that shis is one of a group of kids who--unbeknownst to them--have been genetically altered to survive in the ocean. These products of "The Neptune Project" are given a mission to build a better future under the sea, safe from the...
19) Polaris
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"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"--
20) Black heart
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Vampirates volume 4
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When a high-profile pirate is slain, the Pirate Federation takes decisive action and begins training up a ship of dedicated vampire hunters led by Captain Cheng Li and pirate prodigy Connor Tempest. Meanwhile, Connor's twin sister Grace enjoys a bittersweet reunion with their mother and learns some important and shocking news that will leave the twins facing a very uncertain future.
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