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Explorers Of The Renaissance

author: Curley, Robert
The allure of far-off lands and the promise of untapped resources, prompted Renaissance explorers to journey into the unknown.
920
year: 2013
copies: 7
call number/section: 920
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The Pirate Chase

author: Kidd, Rob
Jack Sparrow, along with his crew and new first mate, Arabella, ventures out to sea in chase of Left-Foot Louis who possesses the Sword of Cort?s.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
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Adventures On The High Seas

author: Boyd, David
Looks at the life of sailors, pirates, and others on the sea.
910.4
year: 2006
copies: 6
call number/section: 910.4
lexile: 870
subjects: pirates, sailors, seafaring life [X]

The Sailor Through History

author: Coote, Roger
Chronicles the life of sailors throughout history, discussing how their occupation, boats, and equipment have changed.
900
year: 1993
copies: 1
call number/section: 900
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subjects: seafaring life [X], ships

You Wouldn't Want To Explore With Sir Francis Drake!

author: Stewart, David
Presents a humorous account of what it might have been like to sail with Sir Francis Drake on a voyage to find the North West Passage to the Spice Islands in 1577--and raid a few Spanish ships along the way.
942.05
year: 2005
copies: 20
call number/section: 942.05
lexile: 960

Anton And Cecil

author: Martin, Lisa
After Anton, a cat who likes to listen to sea shanties in the local saloon, is kidnapped to be a ratter on a ship his brother Cecil, who is has always longed for a searfaring adventure, boards another ship in order to rescue him.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950

Bloody Jack

author: Meyer, L. A
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1120
subjects: orphans, seafaring life [X], sea stories, pirates, sex role

Under The Jolly Roger

author: Meyer, L. A
In 1804, fifteen-year-old Jacky Faber heads back to sea after seeing her beloved Jaimy with another woman; however, her life takes a dramatic turn when she and her shipmates take command of the ship and she is accused of piracy.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: orphans, sex role, pirates, seafaring life [X]

A Brave Vessel

author: Woodward, Hobson
Describes the fates of the 153 passengers bound for the colony in Jamestown, Virginia, after a hurricane stranded them for nearly a year on uninhabited Bermuda, based on the journal records kept by castaway and English gentleman, William Strachey.
910.91
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: 910.91
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Set To Sea

author: Weing, Drew
A poet yearns for the sea, but his writing on the subject falls flat, even to his own ears.
741.5
year: 2010
copies: 3
call number/section: 741.5
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subjects: poets, seafaring life [X]

The Baby In The Hat

author: Ahlberg, Allan
Catching a baby in his hat sets off a series of adventures for a young nineteenth-century English boy as he becomes a sea captain and finds a surprising mate.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: seafaring life [X], great britain

Mutiny On The Bounty

author: Nordhoff, Charles
The novel reprises a true story - the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1080

Bloody Jack

author: Meyer, L. A
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1120
subjects: orphans, seafaring life [X], sea stories, pirates, sex role

Quest

author: Duble, Kathleen Benner
Relates events of explorer Henry Hudson's final voyage in 1602 from four points of view, those of his seventeen-year-old son aboard ship, a younger son left in London, a crewmember, and a young English woman acting as a spy in Holland in hopes of restoring honor to her family's name.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820

Black Heart

author: Somper, Justin
A rival ship of Vampirates creates unwanted competition on the seas and Captain Li goes on the hunt with Connor Tempest; and meanwhile, Connor's twin sister Grace spends some valuable time with their mother and learns their family's shocking history.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: pirates, seafaring life [X], healers, vampires, twins

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