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Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1872 Phileas Fogg bets his friends he can circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. So he sets out from London with his faithful servant, Passepartout, on an incredible journey. Going by train, steamship, sailing boat, sledge and even elephant, they face many surprises--and setbacks--along the way. There is not time to lose--will Phileas make it home before the final hour and win the wager?" -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 NY TIMES Bestselling Ebook!
Readers who enjoy books by Luanne Rice, Kristin Hannah and Susan Wiggs will enjoy this emotional and compelling story of family secrets and romantic adventure from award-winning author Barbara Freethy.
This is a full length novel of approximately 100,000 words.
From the back cover:
There are secrets meant to be shared and those that must be kept forever ...
Bestselling author Barbara Freethy presents her
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Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (40 pages) : color illustrations, color map
Language
English
Description
A sailor boy named Nick travels the uncharted world of the late 1700s in this illustrated account of the historic three-year voyage of the British vessel Endeavour and its captain, James Cook.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (69 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Language
English
Description
Presents a graphic novel retelling of Jules Verne's classic novel. In 1872 London, Phileas Fogg makes a bet that he can travel the entire planet in eighty days. But when Fogg heads off on his trip with his personal attendant Passepartout, they don't realize they are being followed by a detective. Includes a glossary and Common Core activities.
6) Stowaway
Author
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
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.
7) Blue water
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author A. Manette Ansay comes an unforgettable story of two families united by tragedy -- and one woman's deeply emotional journey toward a choice she'd never thought possible. On an ordinary morning in Fox Harbor, Wisconsin, Meg and Rex Van Dorn's lives are irrevocably altered when a drunk driver -- Meg's onetime best friend, Cindy Ann Kreisler -- slams into the Van Dorns' car, killing their six-year-old son, Evan....
Author
Series
Zombie chasers volume 7
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
219, 6 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traveling across the world, Zack Clarke and his zombie-fighting team search for an antidote that will stop the outbreak forever.
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this towering story about a man pitting himself against the sea, against society, and against himself, Robert Stone again demonstrates that he is "one of the most impressive novelists of his generation" (New York Review of Books). Inviting comparison with the great sea novels of Conrad, Melville, and Hemingway, Outerbridge Reach is also the portrait of two men and the powerful, unforgettable woman they both love - and for whom they are both ready,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
500L
Physical Desc
27 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Berenstain Bears travel around the world, from Africa to the Great Wall of China, using their Anywhere-Anyplace Machine.
11) The blue
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lana and her best friend, Kitty, leave home looking for freedom--and that's exactly what they find when they are invited onto The Blue, a fifty-foot yacht making its way from the Philippines to New Zealand. Manned by a young crew of wanderers, The Blue is exactly the escape they are looking for, and the two quickly fall under its spell, spending their days exploring remote islands and their rum-filled nights relaxing on deck beneath the stars. Yet...
17) The big race
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
This updated rematch of the fabled race between the tortoise and the hare takes the duo around the world. Includes information about the different locations visited.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mark was the most dangerous killer-for-hire in the world. But after learning the hard way that his life's work made him more monster than man, he left all of that behind, and joined a twelve-step group for reformed killers. When Mark is viciously attacked by an unknown assailant, he is forced on the run. From New York to Singapore to London, he chases after clues while dodging attacks and trying to solve the puzzle of who's after him. All without...
20) The guardian
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Anna Riley has just come into possession of a two-thousand-year old scroll that God gave to John the Disciple. Her mission-- to guard the scroll and unlock its secret. Jason Lang, her protector, has his work cut out for him as they begin their journey around the world, facing corruption and dodging bullets-- all the while trying to keep his attraction to Anna at bay. Will he succeed in defending the woman he's vowed to protect? Will Anna, forced...