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1) Fluke
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Pub. Date
2003
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Marine behavioral biologist Nate Quinn and his crew explore the question-Why do humpback whales sing? Until the extraordinary day when a whale lifts its tail into the air to display a cryptic message spelled out in foot-high letters. Trouble is, Nate's beginning to wonder if he hasn't spent just a little too much time in the sun. Because no one else on his team saw a thing. But later, when a roll of film returns from the lab missing the crucial...
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Looking for adventure and a new life, Ishmael, the story's narrator, decides to find work on a whaling boat. On arriving at the Massachusetts harbour to begin his search, the only bed available is already half occupied by a "cannibal" named Queequeg. Although Queequeg has limited English, a friendship forms and the two men sign up for work together aboard the Pequod under the infamous Captain Ahab. Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
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In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, the unthinkable happened: in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Its twenty-man crew, fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, decided instead to sail their three tiny boats for the distant South American coast. They would eventually travel over 4,500 miles. The next three months...
10) Blue whales
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Series
Pub. Date
[1989], c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces the physical appearance, habits, diet, and habitat of the blue whale and threats to its existence.
12) Baby beluga
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Series
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Presents the illustrated text to Raffi's song about the little white whale who swims wild and free.
13) Killer whales
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of killer whales, Earth's deadliest dolphins. Also included is a story from folklore explaining the killer whale's creation"--Provided by publisher.
14) Killer whales
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book provides an introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the killer whale.
15) Humpback whales
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of humpback whales.
16) Whale shark
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"The whale shark may be the largest fish in the sea, but it's far from the most vicious. This gentle giant hunts for some of the smallest water animals, gulping up big groups of them with water before filtering out the water and swallowing its next meal. Dive under the waves to watch the filter feeder at work, swim through its warm watery home, protect other animals from predators, and more. It's time to get shark shocked!"--
18) Whales passing
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A boy standing with his father on the shore watches five Orca whales and imagines them talking underwater in their star-dance light while the bubbles bubble up.
19) Gray whales
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Series
Pub. Date
[1989], c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes gray whales, where they live, what they eat, and their family life.
20) Moby-Dick
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is considered by many readers to be the Great American Novel. But most don't know that since its appearance in 1851, it has been revised in substantial ways that alter its original meaning. Melville's masterpiece is described as a "fluid text": it exists in multiple versions, each revealing shifting intentions. The new Longman Critical Edition offers unprecedented access to the revisions that Melville made, the further...