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The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle

1997
Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle, the only passenger on a voyage from England to America in 1832, must take serious matters into her own hands when she learns that the captain is murderous.

20,000 leagues under the sea

1998
Retells the adventures of a professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

Little Tim and the brave sea captain

A little boy stows away on a ship, and proves his courage when the ship crashes and is wrecked.

Moby Dick

2010
Graphic novel adaptation of Captain Ahab's pursuit of the "Great White Whale.".

The She

2003
After his parents are lost at sea, Evan Barrett and his older brother leave their seaside home in West Hook to escape bad memories, but years later even worse questions emerge when Evan is asked to help a fellow student deal with another sea-related tragedy.

Billy Budd

1992
Narrates the hatred of petty officer Claggart for Billy, a handsome Spanish sailor. Billy strikes and kills Claggart, and is condemned by Captain Vere even though the latter senses Billy's spiritual innocence.

20,000 leagues under the sea

1996
A nineteenth-century science fiction tale in which a French professor and his companions, trapped aboard a fantastic submarine with a mad sea captain, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above.

The lost sailor

1992
A sailor famed for his seamanship and luck is shipwrecked on a tiny island, where his darkest hour gives rise to rescue and a new life.

Goodbye, Vietnam

1997
Thirteen-year-old Mai and her family embark on a dangerous sea voyage from Vietnam to Hong Kong to escape the unpredictable and often brutal Vietnamese government.

The 290

1976
A shipyard apprentice finds high adventure aboard the "S.S. Alabama," a Confederate ship which sails the Atlantic destroying Union vessels.

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