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Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. Combining firsthand interviews of rescue workers with in-depth...
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From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles underground for nearly three weeks. Gutman recounts this amazing story in depth and from every angle, exploring their time in the cave, the failed plans and human...
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Kincaid brides volume 1
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English
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Julia Gilliland has always been interested in the natural world around her. She particularly enjoys her outings to the cavern near her father's homestead, where she explores for fossils and formations, and plans to write a book about her discoveries. The cave seems plenty safe--until the day a mysterious intruder steals the rope she uses to find her way out. Rafe Kincaid has spent years keeping his family's cattle ranch going, all without help from...
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When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she'd be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck-enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother-meant she'd get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane. Instead, she got Em. Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre's...
7) Caving
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Engaging images accompany information about caving. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 12
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Sophie Mouse and her friends are playing hide-and-seek near Butterfly Brook. Sophie finds the perfect hiding spot, but she finds something else, too! It's a glowing cave. The problem is, when Sophie tells her friends about her discovery, they don't believe her! After all, who's ever heard of a cave that glows? Now Sophie is on a mission to prove she's telling the truth!
9) In a cave
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English
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Join two young explorers and their trusted guide as they head off on a wonder-filled underground adventure. Slip through crevices, creep through passageways, and stop to admire the beauty of a fascinating ecosystem. From stalactites and stalagmites, to dripstone, shelfstone, and pearls - there is something to discover at every turn - IN A CAVE.
10) Squeeze
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Byron is psyched when his older brother Jesse invites him on a weekend caving trip-even if it means spending time with Cole, Jesse's obnoxious college roommate. With Jesse's girlfriend Michelle rounding out the group, Byron is sure the excursion will be a success. Things get tense when they near the cave, only to find that the way in is blocked. Byron stumbles on the entrance to a new cave, but the thrill of his discovery is overshadowed by Cole's...
11) The anomaly
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Series
Anomaly files volume 1
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English
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"If Indiana Jones lived in the X-Files era, he might bear at least a passing resemblance to Nolan Moore -- a rogue archaeologist hosting a web series derisively dismissed by the "real" experts, but beloved of conspiracy theorists. Nolan sets out to retrace the steps of an explorer from 1909 who claimed to have discovered a mysterious cavern high up in the ancient rock of the Grand Canyon. And, for once, he may have actually found what he seeks. Then...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Mia and Deshawn are not excited by a surprise stop at Maximum Caverns during a family vacation, but when their guide, Raven, is injured, the siblings must navigate an advanced route and summon help. Includes glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and information about spelunking.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Stick would go anywhere with his best friend, especially if they're planning a picnic. But when picnics involve lemons and bees and caves, Stone's not so sure. Join Stick and Stone as they go spelunking. Accompany the m as they meet all sorts of new friends, including a big, fluffy monster! And laugh along with them in this new graphic novel series starring two best buddies who know that exploring is always more fun when you're together. Each story...
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More than ten thousand known caves lie beneath the state of Tennessee according to the Tennessee Cave Survey, a nonprofit organization that catalogs and maps them. Thousands more riddle surrounding states. In Hidden Nature, Michael Ray Taylor tells the story of this vast underground wilderness. Besides describing the sheer physical majesty of the region's wild caverns and the concurrent joys and dangers of exploring them, he examines their rich natural...
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Twelve lost boys, their coach, and the heroes who rescued them.
When the 12 young members of the Wild Boars soccer club walked into a Thai cave with their coach, they expected to be out by nightfall. A birthday cake waited in the fridge for one boy, another boy had a tutoring class. They had rope and torches but no food. Then a sudden monsoonal downpour flooded their route out. They were trapped, imprisoned in a cave said to be haunted by a mythical...
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English
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Two members of a team who descended into the Huautla cave complex in Mexico describe their perilous and deadly trek into one of the world's deepest caves.
The Huautla in Mexico is the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere, possibly the world. Shafts reach skyscraper-depths, caverns are stadium-sized, and sudden floods can drown divers in an instant.
With a two-decade obsession, William Stone and his 44-member team entered the sinkhole at Sotano...
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Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Explores underground caves and the sport of caving by discussing cave formations, the gear and equipment needed, and the five different cave grades. Introduces famous caves around the world and includes picture labels and a reading quiz"--Provided by publisher.