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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text tells of a sea serpent that plays off the coast of Massachusetts the summer of 1817, and is hunted upon its return the next year. Includes a page of facts upon which the story is based. In a small Massachusetts fishing village in August of 1817, dozens of citizens claimed to have seen an enormous sea serpent swimming off the coast. Terrified at first, the people of Gloucester eventually became quite accustomed to their new neighbor. Adventure...
62) The whiskey sea
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A fiercely independent young woman risks her heart and her freedom smuggling liquor in the 1920s.
Author
Language
English
Description
After seventeen years at sea, Linda Greenlaw felt she needed to return to Isle au Haut, a tiny island seven miles from the Maine coast where she would pursue a simpler life; move back in with her parents and become a professional lobsterman and settle down. Things don't go as planned and just when she thinks it couldn't get worse, something happens that makes her reevaluate life, luck, and lobsters.
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Joe, Miles, and Harry are growing up on the remote southern coast of Tasmania--a stark, untamed landscape swathed by crystal blue waters. The rhythm of their days is dictated by the natural world, and by their father's moods. Like the ocean he battles daily to make a living as a fisherman, he is wild and volatile--a hard drinker warped by a devastating secret. Unlike Joe, Harry and Miles are too young to move out, and so they attempt to stay as invisible...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When a local fisherman is found drowned in Wonder Lake, chef Charlotte 'Charlie' Cooke is asked to investigate, and as she trawls for clues, she must work with a local journalist to net the killer."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Game warden Elsie Buttrick has just given birth to Dick's illegitimate daughter, Rose, and over the next 16 years the fiercely independent Elsie grapples with motherhood, aging, and love, and throws herself into a crusade to stop her land-grabbing brother-in-law from expanding his seaside resort. Meanwhile, Dick's wife, May, reconciles a public humiliation with an intense love for Rose. As Elsie's lust flares, May sinks deeper into her devotion to...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A wordless picture book in which a fisherman finds a whale caught in fishing nets and sets it free. Includes author's note about the environmental impact of contemporary commercial fishing practices." --
Author
Publisher
Trafalgar Square Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Three hundred years ago, Norwegian fishermen went to sea no matter the wind or weather--and they needed warm, comfortable, durable sweaters to protect them from the cold while they worked. Now, photographs and documentation of surviving examples have been brought together to form the foundation for this collection: timeless traditional patterning applied to modern styling and shaping, for a selection of sweaters, cardigans, hats, mittens, vests,...
Publisher
Axiom Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
Miguel, a respected Peruvian fisherman, is expecting his first child with his beautiful wife, Mariela. However, their peaceful existence is threatened by Miguel's love for Santiago, a visiting artist whose presence is viewed as a threat by the villagers. When a fatal accident befalls the community, Miguel is faced with hiding his true feelings or coming to terms with who he is and risk losing everything, including those he loves
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Tales of a champion surfcaster: the education of a young woman hell-bent on following her dream and learning the mysterious and profound sport, and art, of surfcasting, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Janet Messineo knew from the get-go that she wanted to become a great fisherman. She knew she was as capable as any man of catching and landing a huge fish. It took years--and many terrifying nights alone on the beach in complete darkness, in search...
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