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• Wonder in Nature Summer Adventure at AC Library

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  Alameda County Library invites people of all ages and abilities to come along for our 2022 Summer Adventure, Wonder in Nature! Complete activities, reading, and more to receive a book gift and prize drawing entries. Pick up an Adventure…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flush

  Hiaasen, Carl,

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  (Realistic/Humor) With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rescue at Lake Wild

  Johnson, Terry Lynn,

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  (Mystery) Everyone knows that twelve-year-old Madison Lewis is not allowed to bring home any more animals. After harboring hairless mice, two birds, a rabbit, and a tomcat that ended up destroying the front porch, Madi is forbidden from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boys in the Boat

  the True Story of An American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics

  Brown, Daniel James, 1951-

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  (Nonfiction) Berlin, 1936. The Olympic finals of the eight-oared rowing race. Germany, Italy, USA. The American boat touches the finish line first, beating all odds and sending Hitler away in a silent rage. In the midst of the Great…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Flooded Earth

  McConnochie, Mardi, 1971-

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  (Adventure Fiction): A high-seas adventure stars 12-year-old twins Will and Annalie, who seek their missing father in a flooded, post-ecological-collapse world. First book of a trilogy.

• The Boy Who Met a Whale

  Farook, Nizrana,

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  (Adventure) Razi, a local fisherboy, is watching turtle eggs hatch when he sees a boat bobbing into view. With a chill, he notices a small, still hand hanging over the side. Inside is Zheng, who's escaped a shipwreck and is full of tales…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Josephine Against the Sea

  Bourne, Shakirah,

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  (Fantasy) When she discovers her father's new girlfriend, Mariss, is actually a sea creature eager to take her place as his first love, Josephine must convince her friends to help her and use her cricket skills to save her dad from Mariss'…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Swim Team

  Christmas, Johnnie,

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  (Graphic Novel) When she has to take Swim 101, middle schooler Bree must face one of her greatest fears, but with a little help from an elderly neighbor and former swim team captain, she becomes her school's best hope to beat their rival.

• Summer at Forsaken Lake

  Beil, Michael D

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  (Mystery) Twelve-year-old Nicholas and his ten-year-old twin sisters, Hetty and Haley, spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at Forsaken Lake, where he and their new friend Charlie investigate the truth about an accident involving…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of the Deep

  Riordan, Rick,

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  (Fantasy/Adventure Fiction): In this story inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Ana attends a high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl in the Lake

  Brown, India Hill, 1991-

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  (Horror) Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake... no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Thirteen

  the Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team

  Soontornvat, Christina,

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  (Nonfiction) An in-depth account of a harrowing real-life mission that succeeds against all odds. This book logs the 18 days that elapsed in the summer of 2018 as 12 boys--all members of the Wild Boars soccer team--and their coach were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Bright Sea

  Wolk, Lauren, 1956-

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  (Historical): Set adrift on the ocean in a small skiff as a newborn, twelve-year-old Crow embarks on a quest to find the missing pieces of her history.

• Meranda and the Legend of the Lake

  Mahoney, Meagan,

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  (Fantasy) Eleven-year-old Meranda hasn't been back to Cape Breton since she was tiny, but when her uncle dies, her overprotective parents have to bring her along for the funeral. Meranda's prepared to love the little fishing town where she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Line Tender

  Allen, Kate, 1977-

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  (Realistic): Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart's late marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. On one steamy day, the tide brings a great white shark--and then another tragedy. To survive the fresh wave of grief, Lucy must grab the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Tail of Emily Windsnap

  Kessler, Liz

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  (Fantasy) After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world. *Book 1 of a series*

• Water Sings Blue

  Ocean Poems

  Coombs, Kate

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  (Poetry) Come down to the shore with this rich and vivid celebration of the ocean! With watercolors gorgeous enough to wade in by award-winning artist Meilo So and playful, moving poems by Kate Coombs, Water Sings Blue evokes the beauty…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flying Over Water

  Hitchcock, Shannon,

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  (Realistic) Twelve-year-old Noura and her family, fleeing war in Syria, have been granted asylum in the United States, but they arrive in Florida to the chaos of the president's Muslim ban; twelve-year-old Jordyn is a member of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Weight of Water

  Crossan, Sarah

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  (Realistic) Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, England from Poland, searching for Kasienka's father, but everyone is unfriendly except for an African neighbor and a boy Kasienka meets at the swimming pool,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Long Walk to Water

  Based on a True Story

  Park, Linda Sue

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  (Realistic) When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven.…Read moreRead more of this annotation