Showing results for "Whale" in Teen & Young Adult

From killers to conservationists, Carnegie-shortlisted Chris Vick tells the story of three generations of the Kristensen family, their history as whale hunters and later their mission to save the great whales and our planet.

There’s bad news and good news about the Cutter High School swim team. The bad news is that they don’t have a pool. The good news is that only one of them can swim anyway. A group of misfits brought together by T. J. Jones (the J is redundant), the Cutter All Night Mermen struggle to find...

Draden, a 15-year-old boy trapped in a brutal island orphanage, finds solace in nurturing Maggie, a motherless lamb. When Draden is caught rescuing Maggie from the feast for the start of whaling season, the matron sentences him to 10 lashes. A visiting captain cuts him a deal to escape the lash and the matron forever, on one cruel condition: He helps the captain hunt whales.

Dreaming of a normal life, Hailee Tupper finds herself in a world more amazing and unbelievable than she ever imagined. After rescuing a young tiger cub, Hailee suspects her new furry friend may have killed the person who discovered their makeshift cave home. Afraid for her life, Hailee flees the cave and finds herself as a stowaway on the ship of Captain Baker and his crew.

Harper Southwood is a teenage girl who can sense when people will get sick - but so what? She can’t predict her best friend’s depression or her mother’s impending health crisis. Being helpful is all Harper ever wanted, but she feels helpless in the face of real adversity. Now, she’s got a chance to summon her courage and use her wits to fight for justice.

Elaina's adventures continue as she and her family take a beach vacation. Elaina learns about protecting the earth, along with her favorite stuffed animal, who she can speak to, Gregory. Find out what they learn, and just what is going on with the whales in the area? Stay tuned.

When a young inventor tries to crack the issue of mainstream Augmented Reality, he hits a few obstacles on the way. But will he manage to complete his dream, when his new girlfriend is taking up all of his thoughts, when the funding he needs is unreachable and when the breakthrough he needs is always just out of reach?