Moby Dick
Herman Melville's classic novel about a young seaman who joins the crew of a whaling ship commanded by the fanatical Captain Ahab, who is in pursuit of a white whale.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340
subjects: adventure, classics, whales, ahab, captain (fictitious character), whaling ships, ship captains, whaling, high interest /low vocabulary books, ahab, captain (fictional character), sea stories [X], mentally ill, audiobooks, adventure fiction, graphic novels, revenge, de ballenas - ficcion, reading materials, comic books, strips, etc, ocean, spanish language, sea stories, donation, adventure stories, adventure and adventurers, psychological fiction, psychological fiction, adventure stories
The Sea-wolf
When Humphrey Van Weyden finds himself sailing to Japan aboard the Ghost, he has to face weeks of brutality at the hands of Captain Wolf Larsen, until he decides to take desperate measures to save himself and the rest of the crew.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1020
subjects: sealers (persons), sealing ships, ship captains, arctic regions, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, seafaring life, sea stories [X], shipwrecks, london, jack, american literature, fiction, allegories, adventure stories, seafaring life fiction, sea stories, adventure fiction
Captains Courageous
Bored and lonely, the son of a millionaire is on an ocean voyage.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1020
subjects: children of the rich, saltwater fishing, fishing boats, teenage boys, rescues, grand banks of newfoundland, self-reliance, fishers, sea stories [X], schooners, boys, deep sea fishing, fishing, new england, sea fiction, large type books, seafaring life, rich, large print books, rich people, teenagers, bildungsromans, bildungsromans, sea stories