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1) Ship Breaker

Author

Bacigalupi, Paolo

Series

Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Ship Breaker

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11

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Printz Award
YA Summer Reading 2022 "Oceans of Possibilities"

Formats

Book, CD

Description

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In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

2) Dead in the water: a true story of hijacking, murder, and a global maritime conspiracy

Author

Campbell, Matthew

Pub. Date

[2022]

Description

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"From award-winning journalists Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel, the gripping, true-crime story of a notorious maritime hijacking at the heart of a massive conspiracy-and the unsolved murder that threatened to unravel it all. In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working...

3) See inside an oil rig and tanker

Author

Rutland, Jonathan

Pub. Date

1988

Description

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Text and illustrations describe the physical layout, operations, and personnel of a drilling platform or oil rig, production platform, and oil tanker.

4) Supership

Author

Mostert, Noël

Pub. Date

1974.

5) Exxon Valdez oil spill

Author

Bryan, Nichol

Series

Environmental disasters

Pub. Date

2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2

Description

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Describes the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, the events that led up to its disastrous oil spill in 1989, and the effects of the spill on the Alaskan environment.

6) Spill!: the story of the Exxon Valdez

Author

Carr, Terry

Pub. Date

1991

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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Discusses the carelessness and neglect that led to the oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska; the cleanup effort; and the long-term consequences of this disaster.