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The Wanderer

author: Creech, Sharon
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard "The Wanderer," a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 155
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830

Atlantic

author: Karas, G. Brian
Explore what the Atlantic Ocean is, how far it stretches, how the moon affects it, and other characteristics as described by the ocean itself.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: ocean, atlantic ocean, sea stories [X]

Victory

author: Cooper, Susan, Conrad, Joseph
Molly, upset by her family's move from London to the U.S., is strangely drawn to an old book about the life of Admiral Lord Nelson, and soon finds her life intertwined with that of Sam, a boy her age who served with Nelson aboard the HMS "Victory" a century earlier.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1010
subjects: sea stories [X], historical fiction, great britain

Very Last First Time

author: Andrews, Jan
When the tide recedes, a young Eskimo girl living in northern Canada, journeys alone for the first time under the ice, walking on the seabed floor to gather mussels.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: eskimos, sea stories [X], inuit, canada

Burt Dow, Deep-water Man

author: Mccloskey, Robert
Burt goes fishing, takes refuge from a storm in a whale's stomach, and decorates a whole school of whales' tails with striped band-aids.
FIC
year: 1989
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: sea stories [X], whales, humorous stories, fantasy

The Wretched Stone

author: Van Allsburg, Chris
A strange glowing stone picked up on a sea voyage captivates a ship's crew and has a terrible transforming effect on them.
FIC
year: 1991
copies: 129
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: sea stories [X]

Deep Wizardry

author: Duane, Diane
During a summer vacation at the beach, thirteen-year-old wizard Nita and her friend Kit assist the whale-wizard S'reee in combating an evil power.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: wizards, whales, fantasy, sea stories [X], fantasy fiction, ocean

Run The Blockade

author: Wisler, G. Clifton
During the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Henry finds adventure working as a ship's boy and lookout aboard the "Banshee, " a new British ship attempting to get past the Yankee blockade of the Southern coast.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: sea stories [X], united states

Henry The Sailor Cat

author: Calhoun, Mary
A stowaway cat proves his worth as a sailor during a sudden storm.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
subjects: cats, sailing, sea stories [X]

Stowaway

author: Hesse, Karen
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the "Endeavor" which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 67
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830

Moby Dick

author: Melville, Herman
Herman Melville's classic novel about a young seaman who joins the crew of a whaling ship commanded by the fanatical Captain Ahab, who is in pursuit of a white whale.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340

The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle

author: Avi
When 13 year-old Charlotte Doyle boarded the Seahawk in June of 1832, she never dreamed that the crew would mutiny and that her life would be in danger.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 188
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740

Water

author: Mckinley, Robin
Presents six fantasy stories about mermaids, sea serpents, and other fabulous creatures associated with the element of water.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180

Goodbye, Vietnam

author: Whelan, Gloria
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.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: refugees, sea stories [X], vietnam

The Voyage Of The Frog

author: Paulsen, Gary
When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own as he works out his feelings about life and his uncle.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1080

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