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1) Cannery Row
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the boat he is building, while the girls from Dora Floodrsquo; s bordello venture out now and then to enjoy a bit of sunshine. Lee Chong stocks his grocery with almost anything a man could want, and Doc, a young marine biologist...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
Description
In A.D. 327, a Roman galley barely escapes a pirate attack with its extraordinary cargo. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of mosques in Turkey and Egypt are wracked by explosions. Does anything tie them together?
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Ruthless Austrian entrepreneur Edward Bolcke has managed to steal a crucial component of the U.S. Navy's latest submarine technology--and he has found a way to hijack the world's supply of rare earth minerals. The three Pitts, along with longstanding sidekick Al Giordino, use their usual mix of brains and brawn to see that justice is served.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The murders of a team of United Nations scientists in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off the city of Detroit. An attack by tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the banks of the Nile. Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie in the tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father three thousand years ago. NUMA Director Dirk Pitt travels to Scotland in search of answers about the...
6) Odessa sea
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventure volume 24
Language
English
Description
"Over the years, Dirk Pitt has always had a knack for finding trouble. This time, it has found him. The extraordinary new novel from the grand master of adventure and #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Pitt, the director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, is on the Black Sea, helping to locate a lost Ottoman shipwreck, when he responds to an urgent Mayday - "Under attack!"--A nearby freighter. But when he and his colleague Al Giordino...
7) Deep blue
Author
Series
Doc Ford volume 23
Language
English
Description
"Doc Ford has long lived a double life. This time, it may finally have caught up to him. The electrifying new thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author. "I'll make an example of someone close to you." On a moonless night on Sanibel Island, Florida, marine biologist Marion "Doc" Ford carefully watches a video of a hooded man executing three hostages. The man is an American working with ISIS, and in the next few days, it'll be Ford's job,...
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From bestselling author A.J. Banner comes a dazzling new novel of psychological suspense in the vein of S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep and Mary Kubica's The Good Girl that questions just how much we can trust the people around us. Thirty-four-year-old marine biologist Kyra Winthrop remembers nothing about the diving accident that left her with a complex form of memory loss. With only brief flashes of the last few years of her life, her world...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2002, Shannon Leone Fowler, a twenty-eight-year-old marine biologist, was backpacking with her fiance and love of her life, Sean. Sean was a tall, blue-eyed, warmhearted Australian, and he and Shannon planned to return to Australia after their excursion to Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand. Their plans, however, were devastatingly derailed when a box jellyfish wrapped around Sean's leg, stinging and killing him in a matter of minutes as Shannon...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that...
14) Arctic drift
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming ... a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia ... a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war ... NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there's a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find...
15) Marine biologist
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
HL 510L
Language
English
Description
Do you love being near the ocean? Do you love ocean animals? Read this book to learn about becoming a marine biologist.
Author
Series
Doc Ford volume 24
Language
English
Description
"The ghosts of a 1925 multiple murder stalk Doc Ford in the electrifying new novel in the New York Times-bestselling series. Doc Ford has been involved in many strange cases. This may be one of the strangest. A legendary charter captain and guide named Tootsie Barlow has come to him, muttering about a curse. The members of his extended family have suffered a bizarre series of attacks, and Barlow is convinced it has something to do with a multiple...
18) Marine biologist
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Describes the work of a marine biologist.
19) Marine biologist
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Introduces the career of marine biologist, discussing educational requirements, duties, workplace, salary, employment outlook, and possible future positions.