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1) Moby Dick
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A renewed interest in "Moby-Dick" in the early 20th century would help to establish it as an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance, firmly placing it amongst the greatest of all American novels. Based on the real life events depicted in the "Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex" and the legend of "Mocha Dick", an albino sperm whale, whose killing is described in the May 1839 issue...
3) On the rocks
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"Fourteen-year-old Dylan is sent to live with his grandfather, Angus, on a remote island. Basically strangers, the two avoid each other as best they can. Dylan explores the island by himself, while his grandfagher, a well-known artist, spends his days locked up in his studio. One day Dylan discovers a young orca stranded on the rocky beach and runs to tell his grandfather. Angus doesn't think that anything can be done for the whale. The sun is coming...
5) The gift
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1998
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Although some in town consider the Fish Woman a witch, a young boy goes fishing with her and not only catches, and gives away, his first salmon, but gets to see a pod of whales close up.
10) The whales' song
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Enthralled by her grandmother's story of seeing and hearing whales singing in the sea long ago, Lilly hopes to see them herself and to hear their mysterious songs.
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The story of a twelve-year-old girl named Nat, who both loves and hates a mother that abandoned her when she was a baby, and who her father will not talk about. Nat's journey of self-discovery is aided by her friends, famous actor father, and a chance encounter with a whale as she learns the true meaning of family.
17) To the sea
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Tim, a boy, and Sam, a blue whale lost in the city, both feel unnoticed until they meet, and they become best friends as Tim tries to help Sam get back home.
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