puget sound (wash.)

"Oliver is a sea otter determined to prove that he's not a momma otter's boy. In an effort to show his bravery, he swims into Puget Sound where all the ships and humans are. That's when disaster strikes: An oil spill threatens the local wildlife and it traps Oliver in the harbor! Franklin, an excitable dachshund puppy, is also lost. He's been separated from his owner, Lucy, and he has no idea how to get back to her. Now Oliver and Franklin must journey through the Pacific Northwest wilderness in search of their families"--Provided by publisher.

"A heart-warming and true story about an orphaned orca named Springer who was found swimming alone in the Puget Sound in 2002. The book takes us on Springer's journey from being near starvation to rescued to the challenges of her release, eventual adoption, and the start of her own family"--Provided by the publisher.

Explores the hazards to the environment and the coastal estuaries of Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay as a result of contaminated runoffs from industry, agriculture, and urban development in the region.

"It's 1996, senior year of high school has just begun, and Lester is at a total loss. His father recently abandoned the family, his mother is more than slightly distracted, and his younger sister, Grace, hides behind her black hoodie and heavy mascara. Lester should be studying and making plans for life after graduation, but instead his mind is on other things. For instance: A shaggy-haired first-year English teacher named Jeff, the rocky beaches of the Pacific Northwest, a petty tyrant with a pink tie who thinks he runs the school, postcards from his father (spoiler alert: they aren't very friendly), The Ramones, his friend Freesia (who's applied to 37 colleges), 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton, a man called 'Pancake' and a van called 'Bluey,' and a renegade yearbook"--Back cover.

In the fall of 1939, Waverley Scott arrives on the remote Isadora Island in the Puget Sound, where she begins to attend the Temple School and forms a close bond with the school's headmistress, a woman who encourages Waverley to live up to her full potential and fulfill her dreams.

While helping her mother clean out the family home in Puget Sound, fifteen-year-old Jane must deal with her hateful aunt and difficult cousin Ricki, a romance that cannot last, and secrets from her mother's past.

When thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley discovers a rare deep-sea creature stranded in the mud of the tidal flats of Puget Sound, he finds himself thrown into the limelight, but when he continues discovering rare ocean creatures, some begin to wonder if he is an unlikely prophet.

Sent to stay at a guest house near Puget Sound in 1941, Charlotte finds herself worried that she is losing her mind because of strange goings-on involving her adopted younger brother, a talking cat, a menacing couple of guests, and the mysterious woods nearby.

While helping her mother clean out the family home in Puget Sound, fifteen-year-old Jane must deal with her hateful aunt and difficult cousin Ricki, a romance that cannot last, and secrets from her mother's past.

Twelve-year-old Donovan's summer with his aunt and uncle on Puget Sound becomes a test of his own convictions when he suspects his uncle's involvement in a local racist group.