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The Last Pirate of New York
by Rich Cohen
The best-selling author of Tough Jews documents the story of underworld legend Albert Hicks, chronicling his mid-19th-century crime spree and the plot gone wrong that culminated in an onboard massacre and manhunt in 1860 Coney Island
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Reckless Girls
by Rachel Hawkins
When they arrive at Meroe Island, a remote island paradise in the South Pacific despite a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism and murder, six people find their dream vacation turning into a nightmare when history starts repeating itself.
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The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
The ostracized daughter of a Japanese collaborator and the daughter of their Korean village's head female diver share nearly a century of friendship that is tested by their island's torn position between two warring empires..
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Beauty Queens
by Libba Bray
When the 50 contestants of the Miss Teen Dream Pageant crash on a desert island, the young beauty queens struggle between survival efforts and denial while hoping for rescue and encountering a band of handsome pirates. By the Printz Award-winning author of Going Bovine.
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A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard
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Where the World Ends
by Geraldine McCaughrean
An award-winning young adult novel by the best-selling author of Peter Pan in Scarlet traces the story of eight boys who participate in an annual bird-hunting expedition on a remote island only to become stranded when nobody arrives to take them home..
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Narwhal : Unicorn of the Sea
by Ben Clanton
A happy-go-lucky, waffle-loving narwhal and a cynical, no-nonsense jellyfish forge an unlikely friendship and share adventures while exploring the ocean together
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The Boy Who Met a Whale
by Nizrana Farook
Sri Lankan fisherboy Raz and his sister are swept into a high-seas adventure when they meet Zheng, who has escaped a shipwreck and is full of tales of sea monsters and missing treasure.
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Pirates
by E. T. Fox
Provides information on pirates, describing their daily living practices and culture, and includes a timeline, maps, and a quiz
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Children's Easy Readers and Picture Books
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Captain Jack and the Pirates
by Peter Bently
A swashbuckling high-seas adventure finds young Jack, Zack and Caspar building a sand boat on the beach before embarking on an imaginative voyage that pits them against enemy pirates and strands them on a desert island, where they discover a “treasure” of delicious desserts.
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Fishtastic!
by Victoria Kann
Wanting to catch the pinkest fish in the sea while visiting the dock with Peter, Pinkalicious discovers that beauty can be found in unusual places when she catches something even prettier than she imagined.
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Where Three Oceans Meet
by Rajani LaRocca
Traveling to the southern tip of India, Sejal, Mommy, and Pati find their way to Kanyakumari, where three oceans meet, and delight in making it to the end of the earth together
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