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2) Sail
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The Dunnes have set off on a ten day boat trip, a trip that hopefully will bring them closer together, despite the fact that the father, Stuart is staying behind on land. But only an hour into the trip they're already falling apart. The teenage daughter plans to drown herself, and the teenage boy is high on drugs. Ten-year-old Ernie is near catatonic. But their mother Anne, with the help of her brother-in-law Jeff, is insistent on pulling everyone...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Ben Pratt's life is full of changes that he does not like--his parents' separation and the plan to demolish his seaside school to build an amusement park--but when the school janitor gives him a tarnished coin with some old engravings and then dies, Ben is drawn into an effort to keep the school from being destroyed.
10) Adrift
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 580L
Language
English
Description
"Matt and Mike are best friends, just two working-class guys trying to earn some money in Montauk for the summer. When they meet Driana, JoJo, and Stef, three friends who live a much different life of privilege, Matt and Mike find themselves in a sticky situation where temptation rivals sensibility. Worlds collide when the group ventures out to sea aboard a small boat that Stef sneaks out from her dad's dock. As the waves rise and the fragile vessel...
Author
Publisher
David R. Godine
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
The crew of the Swallow spend an adventurous summer on an English lake.
Originally published in the UK in 1930, this book introduces the Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat Island, the able-bodied catboat "Swallow," and the two intrepid Amazons, plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett. Set in the English Lake District in the period between the two World Wars, when the world was a safer and simpler place. The children have fun sailing, camping, fishing, swimming...
15) Ocean meets sky
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
"A little boy builds a ship to honor his late grandfather and sets sail for the magical place where ocean meets sky from his grandfather's stories"--
16) Swallowdale
Author
Series
Swallows and amazons volume 2
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Walker family endures a shipwreck, discovers a secret cave and valley, builds a camp on the mainland, and goes hiking in the mountains.
17) Float plan
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Critically acclaimed author Trish Doller's unforgettable and romantic adult debut about setting sail, starting over, and finding yourself. Since the loss of her fiancé, Anna has been shipwrecked by grief--until a reminder goes off about a trip they were supposed to take together. Impulsively, Anna goes to sea in their sailboat, intending to complete the voyage alone. But after a treacherous night's sail, she realizes she can't do it by herself and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
"The Herons are home in Skandia, but the usually peaceful country is in danger. The Temujai--ruthless warriors from the Eastern Steppes--have never given up on their ambition to claim Skandia for their own...and now they're on the move. Hal and his crew will have to brave the treacherous icy river and rapids to stop them, no matter the cost"--
20) Aloha, Salty!
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Zack and Salty Dog run into a storm while sailing to Hawaii.
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