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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from...
Author
Series
Bellinger sisters romances volume 2
Language
English
Description
"King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he's a guaranteed good time-in bed and out-and that's exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his ... personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox's spare bedroom....
Author
Publisher
Tyrus Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Nicolas Graves raised his sons to be lobstermen. Bill and Joshua (known as Jonah) Graves grew up aboard their father's boat--the Cinderella--learning the rules and rites of the antiquated business they love. But when their father is lost at sea and the price of lobster crashes worldwide, Bill and Jonah must decide how much they are willing to risk for their family legacy. Standing against them is Osmond Randolph--former Calvinist minister, mystic,...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone believes Adam to be something he's not. Sometimes that's because he's told them a story. Sometimes he's told himself one. But when Adam joins an Alaskan fishing crew that's promising quick money, the dangerous work and harsh lifestyle strip away all fabrications and force a dark-hearted exploration of who he really is. On the unforgiving Bering Sea, Adam finds the adventure and authenticity of a fisherman's life revelatory. The labor required...
Author
Series
Bellinger sisters romances volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Tessa Bailey is back with a Schitt's Creek-inspired rom-com about a Hollywood "It Girl" who's cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town... where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn't belong" --
Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party...
10) 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.
11) Gone
Author
Series
Hannah Smith novels volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Florida native and fishing guide Hannah Smith uses uncommon resourcefulness, a keen sense of justice, and unorthodox methods to track down a missing girl, a case that puts Hannah on the wrong side of violent adversaries.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river, they encounter a madman who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What happens next...
13) Last man fishing
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Small-scale fishermen across America work to build a fair seafood system in an industry plagued with fraud and consolidation.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In David Coggins's previous book, The Optimist, he tackles the techniques of fly fishing and meditates on its virtues, recounting his triumphs and frustrations. Now, in The Believer, he deftly mixes travel, local cultures, further fishing challenges (some knee-buckling in their disappointment), and details his own experience as life and love crowd his time to fish. Self-consciously-and self-deprecatingly-Coggins embarks on seven far-flung fishing...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In America's oldest seaport, Gloucester, Mass., there's a special breed of fishermen. They depend on Bluefin tuna for their livelihood in one of the most highly regulated fisheries in the world. But many experts think Bluefin tuna populations are at critical levels. So as the world debates how to save this species, these fishermen depend on them to make their living, one Bluefin at a time.
16) Jaws
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A police officer, fisherman and marine scientist team up in order to stop a menacing great white shark.
Author
Series
Hope Harbor volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A year ago, ex-Delta Force operator Steven Roark left the rigors of combat behind to run fishing charters in Hope Harbor, decompress, and talk some sense into his kid brother. But making peace with his past is more challenging than he expected. First-grade teacher Holly Miller's low-profile existence is disrupted when she is recruited to advocate for a cause that's dear to her heart. When she solicits Steven's assistance, sparks fly-- especially after...
18) Sea fog: Haemu
Series
Film Movement volume 14, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Korean
Description
"Haemoo depicts the harrowing events that unfold in the fog-covered seas for a fishing crew engaged in human smuggling. Award-winning actor Kim Yoon Seok stars as the struggling captain who turns to human smuggling in order to keep his fishing boat financially afloat. While transporting ethnic Koreans from China across the Yellow Sea, however, things go terribly wrong, and desperation spirals into tragedy and terror"--YesAsia.com.
Author
Series
Aelf Fen novels volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When her cousin Morcar is attacked while fishing for eels near Ely Abbey, Lassair is sent to the Norman occupied island to nurse him. As the secret hidden within the walls of the abbey claims more victims, Lassair is forced to face a challenge that she fears is far beyond her.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As her twenty-first birthday approached, Marina Gibson received a unique gift suggestion from her parents, who offered her a choice between fishing rods or jewelry. In an unconventional decision, she opted for fishing rods. Her intention was to rekindle a childhood passion and carry on a family tradition initiated by her mother, who had dedicated years to pursuing salmon in the rivers of the Scottish Highlands. As fishing overtook Marina's life and...
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