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After a family tragedy, Kate Donnelly left the Caribbean behind forever. But a series of bad management decisions has left her family's diving and marine recovery business drowning in red ink. Now her brother pleads with her to come back to the island nation of St Vincent. Without Kate's financial expertise, the iconic treasure-hunting enterprise started by her grandfather will go under. Unable to say no to the little family she has left, Kate heads...
2) Abduction
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A mysterious transmission from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean sends a team of oceanographers and divers on a perilous quest in search of a discovery that could transform modern science and the future of humankind.
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As a boy, filmmaker James Cameron dreamed of a journey to the deepest part of the ocean. This film is the dramatic fulfillment of that dream. It chronicles Cameron's solo dive to the depths of the Mariana Trench and nearly seven miles beneath the ocean's surface piloting a submersible he designed himself. The risks were astounding. The footage is breathtaking. A celebration of science, courage, and extraordinary human aspiration.
8) The trench
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Megalodon series volume 2
Pub. Date
c1999
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A giant shark escapes from a California aquarium, creating havoc before heading to sea. As he probes the ocean depths in pursuit, biologist Jonas Taylor stumbles on a terrorist nuclear arms factory.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 21
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A true tale of adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery and make history themselves. For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hallucinatory effects, navigating through wreckage as perilous as a minefield, they pushed themselves to their limits and beyond, brushing against death more...
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Megalodon series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
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A prehistoric shark surfaces off California and proceeds to wreak havoc. Sixty feet long, it is a member of a species living in the ocean depths for the last 100,000 years. Jonas Taylor, a paleontologist and deep-sea submariner, tries to capture it for an aquarium.
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[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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"The Oliver family found a sunken treasure ship! When they try to retrieve the fortune, they are attacked by a giant squid. Can Samuel subdue the squid so his father and uncle can get the riches? And squid don't need gold. What is the monster really guarding?"--Back cover.
12) Deep underwater
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2018.
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"Sophia bravely dives down to discover the secrets under the sea. She encounters beautiful fish and floating forests. Farther down, the dark water is full of tentacles and treasures. Deep underwater, she is never alone. Do you dare dive down after her?"--
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Megalodon series volume 4
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
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David Taylor, the twenty-one-year-old son of Jonas Taylor, agrees to escort two of Angel's litter to Dubai, where a royal prince is building the largest aquarium in the world, unaware that he is being set up to lead an expedition into the dangerous Panthalassa ocean hidden beneath the Philippine Sea Plate.
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"While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious abilities inspired Nestor to seek out the secrets of this little-known discipline. In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming...
15) Great Reef Games
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Race the wild volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
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Sage is used to being the fastest runner, the quickest climber, and the strongest swimmer around. And she's also used to taking charge. But when the second race course has the red team diving underwater to explore the Great Barrier Reef, it's trusting her teammates that matters most. It's sink or swim time....Each chapter in this action-packed adventure series is bursting with totally true facts about wild and wonderful creatures, dangerous habitats,...
16) Ocean giants
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"Discover how divers use math every day. Use real life data to make actual diving calculations. Practice your math skills doing fun activities. Learn facts about diving and the sea creatures you might see. With more than 50 math questions and activities, this entertaining series reinforces the math studied in school, plus literacy skills and science."--back cover.
17) Men of honor
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The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, Carl's iron will is never broken. Against all odds, he pushes on to achieve the impossible.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 14
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The story of the rescue of America's newest submarine, Squalus, from the North Atlantic on the eve of World War II. Thirty-three crew miraculously survived thanks to the heroic efforts of U.S. Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen.
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[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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When several sailors are trapped in a sunken battleship, the Oliver family is called on to rescue them. But Samuel's father and uncle are too big to move in the sunken boat. So Samuel descends into the deep. Can Samuel find the sailors in the dangerous wreck and lead them to safety? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.