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43) Wooden ship
Author
Pub. Date
1978
Description
A chronicle of the fictional whaleship, Ulysses, describing the details of her building from design to launching.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"In 1839, Herman Melville was among the New Yorkers who thrilled to a magazine account of a white sperm whale's attacks on whaling ships. That whale was named Mocha Dick, but 12 years later, he would be immortalized in fiction as Moby-Dick. Believed to have been active from 1810 to 1859, Mocha Dick was infamous for the ferocity of his retaliations against those who attempted to capture him. From the first recorded encounter near the South American...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
50) Sea change
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Chris Bowen is the star quarterback of his high school team, and his dream of getting a college scholarship and then playing the NFL seems in reach until he takes a vicious hit to his head in a game and starts having hallucinations. Or are they visions? He can't tell. Either way, he's frightened by what is happening to him. His girlfriend and friends suspect something weird is going on with him, but they don't know what or how to help him. When a...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Appears on list
Description
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
closely based on the true story of Nakahama Manjirō
53) The North Water
Pub. Date
2022
Formats
Description
Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, disgraced ex-army surgeon Patrick Sumner signs up as the ship's doctor on an ill-fated Arctic whaling expedition. Soon he's confronted by a new horror, the brutish killer Henry Drax. When Sumner and his crewmates are left stranded on the merciless Arctic wasteland, he discovers just how far he's prepared to go against the savagery of nature and man.
56) The Killing Bay
Author
Series
Faroes volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"When a group of international activists arrive on the FaroeŁIslands, intent on stopping the traditional whale hunts, tensionsŁbetween islanders and protestors run high. And when aŁwoman is found viciously murdered only hours after a violentŁconfrontation, the circumstances seem purposely designed toŁincrease animosity between the two sides. As English DI Jan Reyna and local detective Hjalti HentzeŁinvestigate, it becomes increasingly clear...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a cabin boy on a whaling ship in 1819, discussing the realities of life aboard ship, the catching and processing of the whale, being shipwrecked, and coming home again.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"A deserted shipwreck off the coast of Iceland holds terrors and dark secrets in this chilling horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches. The year is 1901, and Nicky is attacked, then wakes on board the Ormen, a whaling ship embarked on whatcould be its last voyage. With land still weeks away, it's just her, the freezing ocean, and the crew - and they're all owed something only she can give them... Now, over one hundred years later, the...