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Looking for adventure and a new life, Ishmael, the story's narrator, decides to find work on a whaling boat. On arriving at the Massachusetts harbour to begin his search, the only bed available is already half occupied by a "cannibal" named Queequeg. Although Queequeg has limited English, a friendship forms and the two men sign up for work together aboard the Pequod under the infamous Captain Ahab. Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but...
3) Redburn, his first voyage ; White-jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war ; Moby-Dick, or, The whale
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English
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Three unabridged novels of the sea written by Herman Melville between 1849 and 1851.
6) Moby-Dick
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is considered by many readers to be the Great American Novel. But most don't know that since its appearance in 1851, it has been revised in substantial ways that alter its original meaning. Melville's masterpiece is described as a "fluid text": it exists in multiple versions, each revealing shifting intentions. The new Longman Critical Edition offers unprecedented access to the revisions that Melville made, the further...
9) Moby Dog
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Adventures of Wishbone volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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While pursuing the stranger who ran off with Joe's basketball, Wishbone imagines himself to be the young sailor Ishmael on Captain Ahab's whaling ship chasing the great white whale, Moby Dick, across the seven seas.
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University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"This book asks the questions of whether Moby-Dick-the first novel to represent vast metaphorical and spiritual implications for our own behavior through ocean animals- closely conveyed the understanding of whales in the nineteenth century, and what was twisted merely for the fictional purposes. Richard King lays bare the background to Moby-Dick by moving through the voyage of the Pequod, exploring topics in marine biology, oceanography, and the science...
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HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Presents a twist on themes from Moby Dick in the story of a proud warrior whale pod that attacks a ship before pursuing a near-mythical adversary on a vengeful hunt that risks the worlds of both whales and humans.
13) Moby-Dick
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Sterling
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
15) Moby Dick
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Series
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Baronet Books
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod led by the fanatical captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
17) Moby Dick
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Publisher
Campfire
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, the 20-man crew set out in three small boats for South America, almost 3,000 miles away. Three months later, only eight were left alive. This book shares a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of the whaling tradition,...
19) Moby Dick
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Modern Pub
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
20) Surf's up
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North-South Books
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IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Surf's up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick), Dude can't help but get curious. Before you can shout 'Surf's up!' both frogs are sharing the same adventure, that is, until they get to the beach. Newbery Medal Winner, Kwame Alexander, and Daniel Miyares have joined forces to give little...
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