boats and boating

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.

In their father's absence, thirteen-year-old September and her younger brother Ivan disobey his orders by taking the boat out on their Alaska bay, where they are caught in a terrifying storm called a williwaw.

Discusses the history and development of some of the world's fastest boats, describing the specific features and specifications of such vessels as ice boats, catamarans, hydrofoils, and jetboats.

While taking a bath with his new red toy dory, a boy imagines himself alone on the ocean getting a first-hand look at the ocean's food chain.

Describes the equipment and techniques of kayaking, canoeing, rowing, and yachting.

Examines various recreational uses of boats, including kayaking, canoeing, sailing, and whitewater rafting, and stresses the importance of water rules and safety.

Examines the history, varieties, and uses of boats and ships.

In the mid-eighteen hundreds, while serving as cook's apprentice on his uncle's schooner with his pet monkey, Allie, twelve-year-old Ray discovers that they are transporting a fugitive slave to the free north.

Living near the water on Maryland's Eastern Shore, thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T. and Digger become entangled in a tragedy which tests their friendship and their ideas about right and wrong.

Craving "the Big Freedom," sixteen-year-old Luke resents being cooped up with his father on a small sailboat just after his mother walked out on them, but a sudden storm sweeps his father overboard, leaving Luke to figure out how to survive on a damaged boat in the Gulf Stream while dealing with his feelings of guilt.