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Investigates colossal ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100 feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories; waves that high would seem to violate the laws of physics. But in the past few decades, as a number of ships have vanished and new evidence has emerged, oceanographers realized something was brewing in the planet's waters. They found...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
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"When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream during a disastrous storm, it leaves behind three weary sailors struggling to stay alive on a life raft in the throes of violent waves eighty feet tall. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who braved the sea and this ruthless storm, hoping to rescue the stranded sailors"--
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2020.
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"From beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of Water for Elephants and The Light Between Oceans. In the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus has come to the island Nordstrand in Germany. Big-bellied girls rush from St. Margaret's Home for Pregnant Girls, thrilled to see the parade and the show, followed by the Sisters who care for them. The Old Women and Men, competing...
5) Oceans
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Text and photographs explore the physical characteristics, life forms, and fragility of the world's oceans.
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c2011
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A hundred miles off the California coastline, a fabled peak rises from the depths of the North Pacific, stopping just fifteen feet short of the ocean's surface. Legends and grave warnings surround this submerged mountain, known as Cortes Bank-- rumors of lost ships, spinning compasses, of bus-size sharks and man-size lobsters. Yet, the most daring of big wave surfers head out to the Bank for one simple reason-- it is home to the biggest rideable wave...
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[1989]
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Waves are an endless source of fascination for everyone, from scientists to surfers. Who, in watching, is not mesmerized by the ongoing cycles of surge and rush, flow and ebb, storm and calm? This book celebrates the ocean wave phenomenon through several modes of interpretation. Most prominent is a gallery of over 100 color photographs by such renowned photographers as Woody Woodworth, John Severson and Don King, side by side with images from the...
13) Surf that wave!
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Ready-to-read. Pre-level 1 volume 4
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.2 - AR Pts: 1
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This exciting story, which follows Pablo as he surfs the big waves, helps little ones develop their reading skills by using repetitive text and simple sentences.
14) The wave
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[2010]
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Details the phenomenon of epically sized waves, some reaching more than 100 feet. In her discussion of scientists' working to understand these destructive waves, Casey also follows a group of extreme surfers based in Hawaii, lead by big-wave surfing pioneer Laird Hamilton.
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