The novel reprises a true story - the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh.
When David goes out on his sailboat to scatter his recently deceased uncle's ashes to the wind, he is caught in a fierce storm and must survive many days on his own as he works out his feelings about life and his uncle.
nineteen classic stories of the outlaws of the high seas
McCarthy, Tom
From Long John Silver to Captain Hook, Blackbeard to Captain Kidd, pirates are the stuff of legend. Storylines have been based on these terribly charismatic cutthroats for decades, with varying degrees of fact thrown in. Incredible Pirate Tales captures the most audacious tales of actual and fictional characters who took up the "black flag" and a life of crime on the high seas. The second edition offers even more daring adventures for its audience.
In this interactive adventure, the reader is lost in the Pacific Ocean and must make the right choices to survive. Includes scientific facts, true lost-at-sea stories, illustrations, a glossary, and sources of further information.
Harrison Harrison, H2 to his mom, is a lonely teenager who's been terrified of the water ever since he was a toddler in California, when a huge sea creature capsized their boat, and his father vanished. Now his marine biologist mother has disappeared. Trying to find her will introduce him to the Dwellers of the Deep and a church that seeks a monstrous power.
