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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
"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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English
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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—a pulse-pounding page-turner by a reporter who was there every step of their journey out."--Amazon.com.
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English
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For nine days twelve young soccer players and their coach were confined in the dark by rising waters in the caverns of Tham Luang in Chang Rai, Thailand. With no food or drinking water except the condensation found on the cave walls, their survival seemed unlikely. Yet against the odds, a team of determined divers traversed monsoon floodwaters and narrow passageways to find Coach Ek, a stateless orphan devoted to Buddhism, and his young players alive...
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English
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"From one of the world's most renowned cave divers, a firsthand account of exploring the earth's final frontier: the hidden depths of our oceans and the sunken caves inside our planet. More people have died exploring underwater caves than climbing Mount Everest, and we know more about deep space than we do about the depths of our oceans. From one of the top cave divers working today--and one of the very few women in her field--Into the Planet blends...
6) Caves
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A masterful exploration of one of nature's most curious ecosystems, Caves is a magical journey into subterranean wonders perfect for fans of Jason Chin. Using evocative storytelling, Nell Cross Beckerman urges children to explore one of nature's most curious ecosystems. Dramatic, poetic language guides kids through different caves around the world while nonfiction text allows for deeper understanding"--
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
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.
8) The anomaly
Author
Series
Anomaly files volume 1
Language
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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English
Description
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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English
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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...
12) Scorpion sting
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 4
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Sam Fox is on a caving expedition in the desert when the roof collapses, trapping his brother Nathan beneath tons of rubble; Sam reaches the cave exit but discovers a sea of huge, angry scorpions.
Author
Series
Bear Grylls adventures volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Harry likes to look his best - new white sneakers for indoor games, designer jeans for evening camp barbecue. But when he meets Bear Grylls exploring an underground maze of caves and tunnels, Harry realizes that his clothes are going to be put to the test - and so is he, if they want to make it back to the surface..."--Page [4] of cover.
16) Caving
Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An in-depth survey of the history of caving, as well as tips and advice on where to find caves, how to prepare, and the skills and supplies necessary for different types of caving"--
17) Caving
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Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A beginner's guide to caving, with a brief history of the sport and information on supplies and equipment, basic safety, techniques, training, working as a team, and finding caves to explore.
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Series
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.
Author
Series
Trixie Belden volume 11
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
While vacationing at her uncle's lodge in the Ozark Mountains, Trixie and the Bob-Whites explore caves looking for the ghost cave fish, a rare species wanted by a national science magazine.
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