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Oregon files volume 13
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English
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"Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind. They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men--and now two rival factions of their descendants are fighting a mighty battle. Both sides think they are saving the world, but their tactics could very well bring about the end of humankind. Soon, Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives aboard the...
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Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Rescued by the Blades, a nomadic crew hiding from Aric Athair, Caledonia seeks their help to find the Mors Navis and her sisters, defeat Aric's fleet, and take back the Bullet seas.
Caledonia may have lost her crew, and nearly died at the hand of a powerful foe, but she's been nursed back to health by a crew of former Bullets. Calling themselves the Blades, they escaped Aric Athair's clutches and now live a nomadic existence, ready to disappear at...
3) The Sea-wolf
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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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.
4) Seafire
Author
Series
Seafire trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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.
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English
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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...
Series
Seafire trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Aric Athair is dead, but the fight for the Bullet Seas is far from over. Caledonia's nemesis, Lir has seized control of the warlord's army. She and her crew flee to Cloudbreak to prepare for an all-out war. As defecting soldiers begin to show up in droves to join their fight, it seems like the tides might be turning-- until a surprise attack decimates the growing rebellion. Now Caledonia is forced to make an unlikely and unsteady alliance with a new...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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The Caribbean, 1665. Pirate captain Charles Hunter, with backing from a powerful ally, assembles a crew of ruffians to take the Spanish galleon, "El Trinidad," guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself.
9) Persuasion
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on...
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Series
Empire of the house of thorns volume 3
Publisher
CamCat Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Captain Justice Kasric knows how complicated family can be. The escalating Human-Faerie war has scattered and wounded her siblings and transformed her parents beyond recognition. After narrowly escaping yet another dangerous clash, fifteen-year-old Justice has had enough. She's determined to defeat the Black Shuck, the mysterious leader controlling the Faerie invasion of London, but if Justice hopes to stand a chance at victory, she'll have to do...
11) 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...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A futuristic reimagining of "Moby Dick" finds young Ishmael awakening aboard a ship on an unpolluted faraway planet where he harvests resources for a depleted Earth before witnessing his captain's growing obsession with a great sea creature.