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2) Wrecker
Author
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Valdez Jones VIII, a.k.a. Wrecker, unwittingly becomes entangled with a group of smugglers and grave robbers, he must deep-dive into their shady dealings in order to escape their twisted net.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Inspired loosely by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, teenaged Violet is shipped off to Maine after her brother's hospitalization, where she searches for the lost shipwreck that her great-great grandmother survived and for answers about her family's long struggle with mental illness, all while falling in love.
Author
Series
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When pirate wreck tour guide Anne Norris finds evidence of an undiscovered shipwreck, she seeks the help of museum director Carter Hale to uncover the truth and treasure that could save her business. But can she trust him with her secrets and her heart?"--
5) The terror
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Language
English
Description
The "masterfully chilling" novel that inspired the hit AMC series (Entertainment Weekly).
The men on board the HMS Terror — part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage — are entering a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly...
The men on board the HMS Terror — part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage — are entering a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing...
Author
Series
Glittering Court volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Tamsin Wright is unstoppable. She must become the Glittering Court's diamond: the girl with the highest test scores, the most glamorous wardrobe, and the greatest opportunities to match with an elite suitor in the New World. Training alongside other girls in the Glittering Court, Tamsin immerses herself completely in lessons about etiquette, history, and music--everything a high-society wife would need to know. Once she's married, she'll be able...
Author
Language
English
Description
After a deadly ship explosion, nine people, adrift in a raft, struggle to survive at sea and pull a strange man from the sea who claims to be the Lord.
Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, nine people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves and pull him in. The man, strange and quiet, claims to be the Lord. Is the man who he claims to be? What actually caused the...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Vida Hazzard can see her future: aboard the heralded "Millionaire's Ship of the West," she'll charm the young scion Fitzhugh Farrar, resulting in a proposal of marriage. But Vida didn't plan on Fitz's best friend Sal, a rough-around-the-edges boy with a talent for getting under her skin. Nor did she anticipate a hurricane dashing their ship to pieces, along with her dreams. Stranded on an island with both Fitz and Sal, Vida is torn between the...
Author
Series
Fargo adventures volume 7
Language
English
Description
There are many rumors about the bay off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Some say it was the site of the lost empire of the Solomon king and that great treasure lies beneath the waters. Others say terrible things happened here, atrocities and disappearances at the hands of cannibal giants, and those who venture there do not return. It is cursed. Which is exactly what attracts the attention of husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi...
12) Survivors
Author
Series
Stranded. Original series volume 3
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Trapped for eleven days on a deserted island, Jane, Buzz, Carter and Vanessa must venture deeper into the jungles of the island, where they discover a secret and find danger at every turn.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
El eje narrativo de esta novela es la estremecedora historia del naufrago espanol Gonzalo Guerrero, quien se integro a la cultura maya y se convirtio en uno de los principales adversarios de los conquistadores espanoles de la peninsula de Yucatan. Este extraordinario episodio se alterna con otras historias que acontecen en el Mexico contemporaneo, un escenario en el que confluyen la corrupcion, la violencia, el fanatismo religioso y la impunidad,...
14) Trial by fire
Author
Series
Stranded. Original series volume 2
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Being shipwrecked on a jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific was bad enough. But now that Carter, Vanessa, Buzz and Jane have lost their boat--and almost everything on board--to another violent storm, it's like starting over. That means finding food and shelter, making fire for the first time, dealing with the wild boars that roam the island--and of course, figuring out how to get along (and not kill each other in the process)"--Page 4...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters, in a moving and triumphant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor. 1940, Kent: Alice King is not brave or daring--she's happiest finding adventure through the safe pages of books. But times of war demand courage, and as the threat of German invasion looms, a plane crash near her home awakens a strength in Alice she'd long...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In 1912, thirteen-year-old Noelle is thrilled to sailing the Atlantic Ocean aboard the famed Titanic. The trip is made even better by her new friend, Pauline, a girl who is traveling with her father to live in America. On the fifth night, Noelle awakes to a sinking ship. Women and children will be rescued first, and Noelle realizes motherless Pauline will be left all alone. Despite her parents' wishes, Noelle breaks away from her family to find and...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Clásicos
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Los viajes de un inglés lo llevan a lugares tan extraños como Liliput, donde la gente mide seis pulgadas de alto; Brobdingnag, una tierra de gigantes; y un país gobernado por caballos. El náufrago los encuentros de Lemuel Gulliver con extrañas criaturas en tierras extrañas le dan nuevas y amargas ideas sobre el comportamiento humano. El fantástico y subversivo libro de Swift sigue siendo sumamente relevante en nuestra propia época de distorsión,...
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Series
Publisher
Graphix, un sello de Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, ten-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink.
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