Explorers Of The Renaissance
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
lexile:
The Pirate Chase
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
lexile:
subjects: seafaring life [X], swords, pirates, adventure and adventurers, buried treasure, sparrow, jack (fictional character), adventure fiction, sea stories
Adventures On The High Seas
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
The Sailor Through History
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
lexile:
You Wouldn't Want To Explore With Sir Francis Drake!
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
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
subjects: cats, brothers, seafaring life [X], adventure fiction, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction
Bloody Jack
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
Under The Jolly Roger
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
A Brave Vessel
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
lexile:
subjects: strachey, william, shakespeare, william, shipwrecks, seafaring life [X], jamestown (va.), virginia, bermuda islands, great britain
Set To Sea
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
lexile:
The Baby In The Hat
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
Mutiny On The Bounty
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
subjects: bligh, william, bounty mutiny, 1789, great britain, seafaring life [X], historical fiction, sea stories, great britain, bounty (ship), biographical fiction
Bloody Jack
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
Quest
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
subjects: hudson, henry, explorers, spy stories, seafaring life [X], historical fiction, america, great britain, netherlands
Black Heart
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