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A stunning coming-of-age novel about one boy's mystical bond to the sea.
"[A] graceful and inventive first novel." -The New York Times Book Review
"The fertile strangeness of marine tidal life becomes a subtly executed metaphor for the bewilderments of adolescence in this tender and authentic coming-of-age novel." -Publishers Weekly
"As crisp and clean as a cool dip into the water,...
"[A] graceful and inventive first novel." -The New York Times Book Review
"The fertile strangeness of marine tidal life becomes a subtly executed metaphor for the bewilderments of adolescence in this tender and authentic coming-of-age novel." -Publishers Weekly
"As crisp and clean as a cool dip into the water,...
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Maximum Ride volume 5
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"In Los Angeles, Max and her friends take over the skies with a hair-raising air show...while below, a deadly assassin watches. Then the flock learns that fish are dying off Hawaii in a strange, frightening ecological catastrophe--and only they can stop it. But even as Max and her team comb the ocean's depths to uncover the truth, a powerful enemy tracks their every move. Can the flock protect itself from the approaching storm and save the world from...
3) Dude!
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A platypus and a beaver who love surfing encounter a shark -- with unexpected results.
4) Shark baby
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A shark, still in his egg case, sets out to determine what kind of shark he is.
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Sea keepers volume 2
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As the siren Effluvia tries to melt the Artic ice palace and destroy the sea animal sanctuary, the Sea Keepers and a friendly narwhal search for the magical pearl that will stop Effluvia. Includes tips for being a real-life sea keeper.
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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...
8) On the reef
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Andrew lost volume 7
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After escaping from the belly of a whale, Andrew and his cousin Judy face more dangers from their underwater nemesis, Soggy Bob, in the Great Barrier Reef.
9) Under water
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Andrew lost volume 5
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Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot accidentally set off in Uncle Al's latest invention, a Volkswagen Beetle converted for deep sea exploration, and try to prevent the evil Soggy Bob from taking a rare ocean creature.
10) Shark wars
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Shark wars volume 1
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Gray is already bigger than all the other sharks in his clan, or shiver. He can't stop growing, and when his hunger gets him into trouble, he's banished from the reef with his best friend Barkley. Their hunt for food forces them to journey deep into Goblin Shiver territory, where they have no choice but to join the shiver. They'll help fight against rival sharks in return for training, protection, and food. But who can Gray and Barkley trust when...
11) Fish talk
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The fish and marine life of "Finding Dory" introduce themselves through conversations with each other and the reader.
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Aboard the Pequod, seventeen-year-old Ishmael arrives on the planet Cretacea to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. But the ship's captain, Ahab, who lost his leg to the Great Terrafin years ago, is obsessed with hunting down the beast. The classic tale of Moby Dick as set in the future.
13) In the deep
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Andrew lost volume 8
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Still trying to save the giant squid from Soggy Bob, ten-year-old Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot nearly meet disaster at the Challenger Deep, the deepest place in the ocean.
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"Catastrophe the lost cat prowls the beach alone when he meets a live colony of creatures who survive at the sea's edge. Slowly the cat learns from his new friends about life in the tide pool--from the sea anemones, the barnacles, the crabs, and all the small but determined creatures."-- Back cover.
18) The ocean story
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Relates the story of the oceans that are home to so many creatures, that are part of the water cycle which produces rain, and that can become very messy if we do not take care of them.
20) Secret seahorse
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A sea horse leads the reader past coral reefs and underwater creatures to a sea horse family hidden in a cave. Includes notes on coral reefs and various marine animals.