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Publisher:
Lionsgate
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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A reclusive English teacher, living alone in the wake of a tragedy, attempts to reconnect with his teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption in filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's transcendent, emotional epic. Nominated for three Academy Awards and featuring a career-defining performance from Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE is a deeply moving story of heartache, empathy, and grace.
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Lexile measure:
670L
Language:
English
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A family of animals that lives in a lighthouse helps a lost baby beluga whale named Sebastian find his mother.
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English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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"An utterly enchanting, immersive novel about an irrepressible young heroine who becomes an undercover agent during World War II-a sparkling debut, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking. One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, all whales belong to the King, but twelve-year-old Cristabel Seagrave has other plans. She and the rest of the household and their guests-her sister, Flossie (known affectionately...
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Pub. Date:
[1968]
Language:
English
Book cover for "Moby-Dick, or, The whale".
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Lexile measure:
1200L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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"This edition of Moby-Dick, released in honor of the book's sesquicentennial, is the authoritative text of one of the world's great adventure stories. A crew of whalers sets out in pursuit of a fierce white whale that cost their captain his leg on a previous expedition. Their names ring through the canon of American literature: Ishmael, the narrator; Queequeg, a South Seas harpooner; Starbuck, the sober and serious chief mate; and above all Captain...
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Publisher:
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date:
2015
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 460L
Language:
English
Description:
A young boy discovers a whale in his pool and tries everything he can think of to get it out.
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Lexile measure:
660L
Language:
English
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Follows an underwater wildlife photographer on four real-life adventures as he photographs leatherback sea turtles, harp seals, a whale named Wilma, and some gray reef sharks.
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English
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"A love letter to the 'largest, loudest, oldest' mammal ever to have existed...exhilarating." -People Magazine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, From his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural History Museum model of a blue whale, to his abiding love of Moby-Dick, to his adult encounters with the living animals in the Atlantic Ocean, the acclaimed writer Philip Hoare has been obsessed with whales. The Whale is his unforgettable...
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Publisher:
Lucent Books
Pub. Date:
c1998
Language:
English
Description:
Presents an overview of various species of whale, how they have become endangered, and what is being done to protect them from extinction.
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Two elderly sisters who have spent sixty summers on a Maine island together must finally decide whether to give up their family home, independence and life together.
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Publisher:
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
c2004
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Wanting to sail beyond its rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on a big humpback whale and then is able to help the whale when it gets stuck in the sand.
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Publisher:
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date:
c1996
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 600L
Language:
English
Description:
Poetically describes the wonder of whales--what they look like, how they behave, and where they live.
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Publisher:
Templar Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description:
A wordless sea adventure based on the legend of the Great Spotted Whale traces, in evocative black-and-white graphite art, the experiences of two young whale watchers who work together to capture incontrovertible proof that the mythical whale exists.
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Publisher:
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
1991
Lexile measure:
560L
Language:
English
Description:
Enthralled by her grandmother's story of seeing and hearing whales singing in the sea long ago, Lilly hopes to see them herself and to hear their mysterious songs.
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Publisher:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2006]
Language:
English
Description:
In his third feature, director Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha) scores a triumph with an autobiographical coming-of-age story about a teenager (Jesse Eisenberg) whose parents are divorcing. The father (Jeff Daniels) and mother (Laura Linney) duke it out in half-civilized, half-savage fashion, while their two sons adapt in different ways, shifting allegiances between parents. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for...
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Publisher:
Cinedigm
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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Narrated by Ryan Reynolds ("The Proposal"), THE WHALE tells the remarkable true story of a young, wild killer whale-an orca-nicknamed Luna, who lost contact with his family on the coast of British Columbia and became famous around the world when he tried to make friends with human beings.
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Publisher:
A24
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
A reclusive English teacher (Brendan Fraser) attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
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Pub. Date:
2013
Lexile measure:
880L
Language:
English
Description:
"Engaging images accompany information about the whale shark. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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Look no further for your next Viking series. This is the first in the epic Oathsworn series, charting the adventures of a band of Vikings on the chase for the secret hoard of Attila the Hun. In time with the magnificent British Museum Viking exhibition, comes the Oathsworn series, by fiction legend Bernard Cornwell, and known for its blockbuster battles and powerful suspense. Life is savage aboard a Viking raider. Young Orm Rurikson is plucked from...
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language:
English
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"A voice for which one should feel not only affection but admiration." --The New York Times The Whale Caller, Zakes Mda's fifth novel, is his most enchanting and accessible book yet-a romantic comedy of sorts in which the changing face of post-apartheid South Africa is revealed through prodigious, lyrical storytelling. As the novel opens, the seaside village of Hermanus, on the country's west coast, is overrun with whale watchers-foreign tourists...