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3) The aquanaut
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"A picture book ... about Jill Heinerth's experiences as a female diver, exploring life under the water"--
4) Cannonball
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Determined to execute the perfect cannonball dive, a boy tries to follow everyone's advice but finally hears Nan, an expert and former champion, who advises doing it his own way.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
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? The ocean is full of endless possibilities in this dreamy, imagistic story from acclaimed author / illustrator Irene Luxbacher. Her otherworldly paintings show colorful fish, rippling seawater and the...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the spirit of Bill Bryson and Ian Frazier comes this fascinating examination of our past, present, and future beneath the waves. In an age of unprecedented exploration and innovation, our oceans remain largely unknown, and endlessly fascinating: full of mystery, danger, beauty, and inspiration. Bill Streever-a longtime deep-sea diver himself-has masterfully woven together the science and history of Earth's last remaining frontier: the sea. In Oceans...
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Every summer, two brothers swim to the rock, and one jumps off. But this summer, it's time for both of them to take the leap. In this moving coming-of-age story, a younger brother discovers newfound strength, courage, and joy, thanks to the support of his older brotherand the persuasiveness of his own imagination. Warm pastel illustrations lend a timeless quality to youthful trepidation and triumphant achievement in this celebration of summertime....
9) Swim for it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Elephant overcomes his fear to jump into the pool with his friends Pig and Cow.
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Join the Octonauts as they encounter strange aquatic creatures of all shapes and sizes! Plunge into a red-hot lava cave as Peso and the team search for a teeny tiny water bear! Race to a colorful coral reef with Shellington as he tries to meet a special jellyfish that can live forever! And escape a scary moray eel with the help of Barnacles, Kwazii and a mysterious master of disguise -- the mimic octopus!
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Korean American diving champion Sammy Lee, focusing on how his childhood determination and his father's dreams set the stage for a medical career as well as his athletic achievements which earned him Olympic gold medals in 1948 and 1952"--Provided by publisher.
12) The black pearl
Author
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner.
A sixteen-year-old boy relates his discovery of the Pearl of Heaven and his near-fatal encounter with the feared sea monster, Manta Diablo.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Do you want to improve your front crawl? • Does it feel like you're splashing up and down the pool, while others glide smoothly through the water? • Do you wish you could do more than a few lengths of front crawl before having to switch to breaststroke? • Would you like to enter triathlons or charity swims, but find the idea of a long swim leg daunting? • Does your triathlon swim never seem to improve, however much you train? If you answered...
14) Night diver
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former British military diver Holden Cameron must investigate the suspicious activity surrounding a Donnelly dive to recover treasure from the ancient wreck of a pirate ship located near St. Vincent. When equipment, treasure, and even divers begin to disappear, owner Kate Donelly and Holden form an uneasy alliance to uncover the truth. But the deeper they plummet into the mystery, the closer they come to each other. Soon they are sharing their deepest...
Author
Series
Megalodon series volume 4
Publisher
Variance
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of how the U.S. Navy program tried to develop the marine equivalent of the space station--and why the Navy pulled the plug. Hellwarth has interviewed surviving members of the three Sealab experiments in addition to conducting archival research to tell this first comprehensive story about the Sealab program.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Runaway ferrets, former BFF drama-trauma, and one gigantic (and very, very public) belly flop. No doubt about it, Callie Boone's summer is crummy. The only things keeping her afloat are dive practice with her dad and a top-secret Olympic dream. Then a boy named Hoot-who is not her boyfriend!-moves in next door and turns her world upside down and right-side up.
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