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1) Girl at sea
Author
Summary
High-school junior Clio Ford reluctantly gives up her dream job and a potential first kiss to take a working vacation with her estranged father on a yacht in Italy.
Author
Lexile Measure
720L
Formats
Summary
When sixth-grader Jeremy Bender damages his father's prized boat and needs to come up with a lot of money to get it repaired, he and his best friend dress up as girls and infiltrate the Cupcake Cadet troop in an attempt to win the Windjammer Whirl model sailboat contest, and the prize money that comes with it.
6) Float
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Summary
"Wordless picture book about a boy who loses his paper boat in the rain"--
7) Wrecker
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Summary
"Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living. So is it destiny, irony, or just bad luck when Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flat? The men in the boat don't want Wrecker to call for help--in fact, they'll pay him to forget he ever saw them. Wrecker would be happy to forget, but he keeps seeing these men all over Key West--at the...
8) Boats float!
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Summary
In rhyming text the reader is introduced to all the different kinds of boats floating on rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds.
Author
Series
Sugar Creek Gang volume 26
Pub. Date
c1998
Summary
The gang befriends the Fenwicks, missionaries to Costa Rica who are spending a month at Sugar Creek enjoying fishing and their motorboat, the Vida Eterna, while giving Mr. Fenwick's ailing heart a rest.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 5
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile Measure
690L
Summary
Fourth-grader Hank, while on a field trip aboard "The Pilgrim Spirit, " tries to learn knot tying in his own unique way, which causes unforeseen problems.
Author
Series
Royal sweets volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Summary
Princess Mini takes the chocolates she has made to her friend, Gobo the troll, and he takes her on an exciting, dangerous, and messy boat ride down the Chocolate River--and she encourages him to enter the beginners race at the Chocolate River Run.
16) Tough Tug
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
Tough Tug is a brand-new boat. He likes to swirl and twirl and run and race. He wants everyone to see what he can do. But on his first tow job to Alaska, he finds out what being a tug really means and learns an important lesson in the rough seas. Based on a true incident in which an Alaskan tug cut loose its own barge to rush to the rescue of the foundering tug of another tugboat company.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
"Tomorrow is the annual boat race and Monty needs as much energy as possible to make sure he crosses the finish line first. He tried closing his eyes, counting sheep, and reading a book, but nothing will help him fall asleep. In this interactive follow-up to Can I Tell You a Secret?, Monty the frog asks for your help once again. This time he is struggling to go to sleep before a very big day. Both relatable and fun for children and parents, this adorable...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile Measure
250L
Summary
Nick and his robot pal Nack love to build things. As they make boats in this Level 1 Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids can find supplies in Hidden Pictures scenes. These puzzles double as picture support for the simple story text, which is full of repeated words. With bonus craft directions, Nick and Nack Float a Boat will appeal to junior makers who are just discovering reading.
19) Fast & loose
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Series
Stone Barrington novel volume 41
Summary
In the latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington s newest foe has a short fuse . . . and it s just been lit. Stone Barrington is enjoying a boating excursion off the Maine coast when a chance encounter leaves him somewhat the worse for wear. Always able to find the silver lining in even the unhappiest circumstances, Stone is pleased to discover that the authors of his misfortune are, in fact, members...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Summary
"Lily the sailboat is small but sturdy, in a harbor full of enormous cargo ships, speedy fishing vessels, and bossy tugboats...Out on the lake, the tall ships are coming! To pass from the harbor to the lake, Lily must blow her horn and ask the lift bridge to rise...Finally, Lily slips under just before the bridge goes down, her sails fluttering with excitement as she spies the majestic barquentine, schooner, and other grand old ships heading toward...