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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Ghost light on Graveyard Shoal Ghost light on Graveyard Shoal Elizabeth McDavid Jones In the late nineteenth century, twelve-year-old Rhoda investigates her suspicion that a wrecker may be luring ships to their destruction on the Virginia barrier island where her father is Keeper of a… OL15299854W
Heroes of the surf Heroes of the surf Elisa Lynn Carbone When the huge steamship on which they are traveling runs aground off the New Jersey coast in 1882, two boys and their families are among the passengers dramatically rescued by members of the U.S. Lif… OL15946591W
Storm warriors Storm warriors Elisa Lynn Carbone In 1895, after his mother's death, twelve-year-old Nathan moves with his father and grandfather to Pea Island off the coast of North Carolina, where he hopes to join the all-black crew at the nearby … OL16035562W
Sink or Swim Sink or Swim Carole Boston Weatherford Tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge. OL94069W