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2001., Henry Holt and Company Call No: 940.545 STA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis," a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima; and discusses the heroic struggles of sailors who survived the blast to stay alive in the sea for nearly five days before help arrived.
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2000., Penguin Books Call No: 910.45 PHI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An inspiration for the Herman Melville novel Moby Dick, this book describes how the Essex from Nantucket was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in 1820 in the far reaches of the South Pacific.
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-- True story of the whaleship Essex.2015., Juvenile, Puffin Books Call No: 910.9164 PHILBRICK Edition: Young Readers Edition. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: The incredible true story of the epic adventure and harrowing disaster that inspired "Moby Dick."--p.4 of cover.
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By Martel, Yannc2001., Harcourt Call No: 813 .54 Edition: lst U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.
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By Martel, Yannc2001., Harcourt Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: lst U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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By Martel, Yann[2012], c2001., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.
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By Martel, Yannc2001., Harcourt Call No: Adventure FIC Martel Edition: lst U.S. ed. Genre: Adventure Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.
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By Martel, Yann2003, c2001., Harcourt Call No: Adventure FIC Martel Edition: 1st Harvest ed. Genre: Adventure Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company.
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By Martel, Yannc2001., Harcourt Call No: FIC MARTEL Edition: lst U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Pi Patel explains how he was shipwrecked and travels in a lifeboat with a 450 pound Bengal tiger for 227 days, but when they reach Mexico, the tiger escapes into the jungle, and no one believes the story Pi tells them about the tiger.
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By Martel, Yann2003, c2001., Harcourt Call No: Fiction FIC MAR Edition: 1st Harvest edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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By Olson, Tod[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc. Call No: 940.54 OLSON Edition: 1st ed., November 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "World War II, October 1942: a plane carrying eight Americans crashes into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With only four oranges and no fresh water between them, the crew had to band together and rely on each other for survival. What they thought would be only a few hours or days before they were rescued turned into weeks lost at sea fighting off sharks, dehydration, hunger, and extreme heat"--Provided by publisher.
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By Olson, Tod[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc. Call No: WWII NF OLS Edition: 1st ed., November 2 Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "World War II, October 1942: a plane carrying eight Americans crashes into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With only four oranges and no fresh water between them, the crew had to band together and rely on each other for survival. What they thought would be only a few hours or days before they were rescued turned into weeks lost at sea fighting off sharks, dehydration, hunger, and extreme heat"--Provided by publisher.
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By Olson, Tod[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc. Call No: WAR NF WORLD WAR !! Edition: 1st ed., November 2016. Availability:11 of 11 At Location(s) Summary Note: "World War II, October 1942: a plane carrying eight Americans crashes into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With only four oranges and no fresh water between them, the crew had to band together and rely on each other for survival. What they thought would be only a few hours or days before they were rescued turned into weeks lost at sea fighting off sharks, dehydration, hunger, and extreme heat"--Provided by publisher.
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2012., Adolescent, Square Fish Call No: FIC BODEEN Edition: First Square Fish edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: En route to the Midway Atoll from Hawaii, the airplane Robie is flying on experiences technical difficulties and she and the co-pilot, Max, are stranded on an island as they await rescue that may never come.
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Ã2012., Adolescent, Square Fish Call No: ADVENTURE FIC BOD Edition: 1st Square Fish ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Experienced traveler Robie, having decided to take a cargo plane from Honolulu to Midway Atoll after a visit with her aunt, struggles to survive with the co-pilot, Max, after the plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean and they are left on a raft in shark-infested waters with only one bag of Skittles.
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1999., National Geographic Call No: 940.545 BAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Underwater explorer Robert Ballard embarked on a search for the lost ships that sunk during the historic battle in the south Pacific.
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c2007., Pre-adolescent, Findaway World ; Audio Bookshelf Call No: 910 .9164 Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the sinking of the American whaleship "Essex" by a violent whale in November 1820 and the survival story of its crew.
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2002., Juvenile, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: 910.45 PHI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale and how the crew of young men survived against impossible odds. Based on the author's adult book "In the Heart of the Sea.".
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c2007., Juvenile, compass Point Books Call No: 940.54 5 973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: We the peopleSummary Note: Tells the story of the sinking of the USS "Indianapolis" in 1945, Captain Charles McVay's court-martial for the disaster, and the U.S. Navy's official statement over fifty years later--and thirty-three years after his suicide--that he was not to blame.