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1) 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
Flat Stanley volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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After Stanley Lambchop goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to help win a sailboat race and to rescue a classmate from a collapsed building.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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.
7) Stone wall
Author
Publisher
Red Dragonfly Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"After sailing from the west coast of Ireland to the wind-swept Aran Islands, Gloria Spencer, injured and alone, is prepared to spend her first night on Inishmaan propped against the stone wall of an ancient cemetery. That is, until Martin Faherty happens upon her."--Cover.
8) Windcatcher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
While learning to sail during a visit to his grandmother's at the Connecticut shore, eleven-year-old Tony becomes excited about the rumors of sunken treasure in the area and starts following a couple who seem to be making a mysterious search for something.
9) Ghosting
Author
Language
English
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Description
Jack, a hotshot neurosurgeon, is at the peak of his career-- and his family's showing the strain. Jack's solution to all their problems is a family cruise to Bermuda aboard a luxurious new sailboat. He's never sailed on the open sea before-- and they begin to fear for their safety. How much would each one be willing to sacrifice in order to buy the others a chance to survive?
Author
Series
Nancy Drew diaries volume 24
Language
English
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Description
Nancy investigates a string of incidents at a sailing resort.
When a family friend, Grace, opens a sailing club on Lake Champlain at the former site of the Gemstone Islands Resort, Nancy, Bess, and George are invited to enjoy a few days of boating before the club's official grand opening. But when they arrive, they learn there have been some strange things happening on the property, from missing items to holes dug all over the yard. Is someone trying...
11) Sailing ships
Author
Publisher
Rand McNally
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
Translation of Guida pratica ai velieri di tutto il mondo, dal 1200 a oggi.
Outlines the history of sailing vessels from the Santa Maria to ships of today.
Author
Publisher
North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Mark and Katya bought a thirty-four-foot steel sailboat. With their two daughters, they sailed around Lake Superior, then moved aboard for a year and sailed to the Bahamas. The sailing life proved both challenging and rewarding to the extreme, and big decisions made along the way stretched them to personal limits of acceptance and maturity. Their sailing exploits are peppered with stories of their young daughters, whose simple perspectives and droll...
13) Inner passages
Author
Publisher
Top Publications
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A novel about love, loss, murder and redemption, set against the mountains of British Columbia on the waters of the Inside Passage, between Vancouver Island and the mainland. When Seattle executive Michael Tanner makes a recreational sail into Desolation Sound, he encounters a tragedy that ends with the murder of his wife and her friend, and the loss of the sailboat. Tanner's efforts to resurrect his life and discover those responsible lead him on...
15) Seven at sea: why a New York City family cast off convention for a life-changing year on a sailboat
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Language
English
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Working the night shift as a temp in a high-rise cubicle, Erik Orton knew something had to change. He felt the responsibility of providing for his wife and their five children--the youngest with Down syndrome--but craved a life that offered more than just surviving. Watching the sailboats on the Hudson River during his sunset dinner breaks, Erik dared to dream. What would it be like to leave the hustle of the city and instead spend a year on a sailboat,...
16) Sail away
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Adam Drake was determined to clear his name of the false charges that ruined his career at Montgomery Inns, and if that meant deceiving the hotelier's beloved daughter, Marnie Montgomery, and even stowing away on her boat, so be it. If she had secrets, he would discover every single one!
Author
Publisher
Minnewaska Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
More than anything, eight-year-old Otto Arneson wants to sail with his father in the Fourth of July race on Lake Minnewaska. His father says Otto isn't big enough. So when Otto spies a captain's hat for sale in a shop window, he forms a big plan.
Series
Publisher
Big Idea Productions
Language
English
Description
Archibald Asparagus stars as Jonah, who is chosen by God to help spread his message to the world. Unfortunately, his first stop on his evangelical tour is the city of Nineveh, where the residents while away their days bingeing on cheese snacks and arguing. Circumstances force Jonah to set sail across the ocean, where he's assisted by Khalil, and pirates who are led by the well-meaning but lethargic Mr. Lunt, Pa Grape, and Larry the Cucumber. However,...
19) Into the wind
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Language
English
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"Into the Wind is a middle-grade novel about the unlikely friendship between a boy and an elderly woman."--
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Language
English
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Description
This guide is aimed at those wand to learn yachting. It is full of essential information and useful pointers and tips to help get you started.
If you think that even setting foot on a yacht would involve spending the next year living on a diet of mud and navel fluff then this is the book for you.
The book is a complete reference for every level of sailor, if you are a beginner and need a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide. This book is the...
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