Ghost Voyages

Ghost Voyages
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Publisher : Coteau Books
Total Pages : 124
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1550501976
ISBN-13 : 9781550501971
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Ghost Voyages by : Cora Taylor

Using a magical magnifying glass and stamps his grandfather left him, Jeremy can travel back in time to the decks of sailing ships from Canada's past.

Peril at Pier Nine

Peril at Pier Nine
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Publisher : Coteau Books
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9781550505894
ISBN-13 : 1550505890
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Peril at Pier Nine by : Penny Draper

Jack Gordon and Henry Addison meet when the Great Lakes cruise ship, the Noronic, docks at Ward Island, just before the ship catches fire – with Henry on board.

Ghost Ships

Ghost Ships
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0300104316
ISBN-13 : 9780300104318
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Ghost Ships by : Robert McNab

A moving and spectacular tale of love, jealousy, and exotic travel, centering on three significant figures in the surrealist movement. This book describes the secret journey made by an extraordinary ménage à trois: the painter Max Ernst, Paul Eluard (cofounder of surrealism with André Breton), and Eluard's wife Gala. The author unravels the story of Ernst's love affair with Gala, Eluard's disappearance, Ernst and Gala's pursuit of him, their meeting in Saigon where the love triangle came apart, and the resulting departure of the Eluards, who left Ernst to explore the jungles of French Indochina alone. The impact on the work of both men was profound. As for Gala, she eventually dropped both her lovers for Salvador Dali.

Adventure in Istanbul

Adventure in Istanbul
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Publisher : Coteau Books
Total Pages : 276
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1550503154
ISBN-13 : 9781550503159
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Adventure in Istanbul by : Cora Taylor

Thirteen-year-old twins, one of whom has discovered a magic spell that makes her invisible, are on a Greek cruise with their grandmother, battling spies and trying to rescue their father.

Murder in Mexico

Murder in Mexico
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Publisher : Coteau Books
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : 1550503537
ISBN-13 : 9781550503531
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Murder in Mexico by : Cora Taylor

Jennifer, her twin Maggie, and their friend Sam are hoping for a relaxing holiday in Mexico, but at every turn they are drawn into a world of gun runners, CIA agents, and murder, in a web that only Jennifer's magical talent can unweave.

Ghosts: Reading Comprehension (Novel Study) Gr. 3-7

Ghosts: Reading Comprehension (Novel Study) Gr. 3-7
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Publisher : Rainbow Horizons Publishing
Total Pages : 62
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781553194309
ISBN-13 : 1553194306
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Ghosts: Reading Comprehension (Novel Study) Gr. 3-7 by : Eleanor Stadnyk

Ghosts: Reading Comprehension is a compilation of novel studies for a series of stories all relating to ghosts. Alison's Ghosts is about a young girl who encounters several ghosts on her search to find pieces of a pipe. The Mystery of Kickingbird Lake is about two siblings and their dog, who haunt their old house near Kickingbird Lake. The Barking Ghost is about a boy who is being haunted by ghost dogs, and ends up switching places with them. Ghost Voyages is about a young boy whose report card improves after he travels back in time to haunt two different ships. The Ghost Witch is about a young girl who moves into a house that is being haunted by a witch. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, story summaries, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

Double Ghosts

Double Ghosts
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781315479118
ISBN-13 : 1315479117
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Double Ghosts by : David A. Chappell

This narrative recounts the 18th and 19th century shipping out of Pacific islanders aboard European and American vessels, a kind of counter-exploring, that echoed the ancient voyages of settlement of their island ancestors.

Champlain and Cartier

Champlain and Cartier
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Publisher : Coteau Books
Total Pages : 130
Release :
ISBN-10 : 155050374X
ISBN-13 : 9781550503746
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis Champlain and Cartier by : Cora Taylor

Jeremy's going on more amazing voyages, this time with both Canadian explorers Samuel de Champlain and Jacques Cartier, and also on what could be a deadly boat race in modern-day Australia. Jeremy is back home after a holiday in Toronto with his dad and his dad's new wife, and he's also back on his incredible travels into the past. All he has to do is pick up his grandfather's old magnifying glass, look at a stamp with a ship on it--and instantly he's on board! And he's got lots of reasons for wanting to escape. Since he went on his holiday, Jeremy's mom has a new boyfriend, Ike. It's her first boyfriend since she divorced Jeremy's father. Jeremy doesn't like Ike very much, but he could turn out to be Jeremy's new dad. In search of escape, Jeremy plunges into new shipboard adventures. He almost gets caught on board Samuel de Champlain's ship, during its 1606 trip up the St. Lawrence River. He witnesses Jacques Cartier's turbulent encounters in 1535 with Canada's original First Nations inhabitants. And, he nearly drowns on a yacht in the infamous Australian Sydney to Hobart race in 1998, during which five boats sink and six people die. Jeremy also runs into his own grandfather (as a young boy) and his own grandson, both travellers from their own times, and they help each other out of dangerous situations. Cora Taylor is one of Canada's best-known children's authors. She has published more than a dozen juvenile novels. Cora's Coteau titles include the very successful Ghost Voyages series and the Spy Who Wasn't There series, which includes Adventures in Istanbul and Murder in Mexico as well as her latest book, Chaos in China.

Endeavour and Resolution

Endeavour and Resolution
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Publisher : Coteau Books
Total Pages : 140
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1550503057
ISBN-13 : 9781550503050
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Endeavour and Resolution by : Cora Taylor

Jeremy's back in the past again, this time aboard John Cabot's ship as he first lands on the shores of what will be called Newfoundland

The Ghost Ships of Archangel

The Ghost Ships of Archangel
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 370
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780525557470
ISBN-13 : 0525557474
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ghost Ships of Archangel by : William Geroux

An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II: the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort. On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy to head further north into the ice field of the North Pole, seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in the perilous white maze of ice floes, growlers, and giant bergs. Despite the risks, they had a better chance of survival than the rest of Convoy PQ-17, a fleet of thirty-five cargo ships carrying $1 billion worth of war supplies to the Soviet port of Archangel--the limited help Roosevelt and Churchill extended to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to maintain their fragile alliance, even as they avoided joining the fight in Europe while the Eastern Front raged. The high-level politics that put Convoy PQ-17 in the path of the Nazis were far from the minds of the diverse crews aboard their ships. U.S. Navy Ensign Howard Carraway, aboard the SS Troubadour, was a farm boy from South Carolina and one of the many Americans for whom the convoy was to be a first taste of war; aboard the SS Ironclad, Ensign William Carter of the U.S. Navy Reserve had passed up a chance at Harvard Business School to join the Navy Armed Guard; from the Royal Navy Reserve, Lt. Leo Gradwell was given command of the HMT Ayrshire, a fishing trawler that had been converted into an antisubmarine vessel. All the while, The Ghost Ships of Archangel turns its focus on Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, playing diplomatic games that put their ships in peril. The twenty-four-hour Arctic daylight in midsummer gave no respite from bombers, and the Germans wielded the terrifying battleship Tirpitz, nicknamed The Big Bad Wolf. Icebergs were as dangerous as Nazis. As a newly forged alliance was close to dissolving and the remnants of Convoy PQ-17 tried to slip through the Arctic in one piece, the fate of the world hung in the balance.