C. S Forester
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Description
In 1941, Hitler's deadly Bismarck, the fastest battleship afloat, broke out into the Atlantic. Its mission: to cut the lifeline of British shipping and win the war with one mighty blow. How the Royal Navy tried to meet this threat and its desperate attempt to bring the giant Bismarck to bay is the story C. S. Forester tells with mounting excitement and suspense.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"After the death of her missionary brother, Rose finds herself in German Central Africa in the midst of World War I, with a growing hatred of the Germans. Serving as her makeshift ally is Charlie Allnutt. Allnutt's desire is wait out the rest of the war in some marshy backwater proves no match for Rose's determination to strike a blow for england, and a plan takes shape."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
C.S. Forester, creator of the beloved Horatio Hornblower series, takes young readers on an exciting adventure to the shores of Tripoli in North Africa. That's where, more than 200 years ago, the United States was threatened by "pirates" who snatched American merchant ships and imprisoned sailors-and the country's young, untested navy took on the task of fighting the pirates in their home waters. This true tale features thrilling ocean battles, hand-to-hand...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
Description
In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson.
Soon Atropos is part of the Mediterranean Fleet's harassment of Napoleon, recovering treasure that lies deep in Turkish waters and...
Author
Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 15
Formats
Description
This book concludes Hornblower's private war with Napoleon. As his naval battles with Napoleon conclude, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew.
10) Ship of the Line
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Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 15
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Description
Captain Horatio Hornblower and the undaunted crew of the Sutherland set sail to rival the exploits of Napoleon's ships.
11) Beat to Quarters
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Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 14
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Description
A still young Hornblower is captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia. He sets his course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.
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Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
Presents the unfinished manuscript of Forester's historical adventure in which Hornblower, on the verge of securing his first post as captain, finds himself fighting alongside a man whom he has unintentionally helped to court-martial; and includes the author's notes regarding the novel's conclusion, as well as two additional Hornblower stories.
Author
Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 8
Pub. Date
1945
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 18
Description
Horatio Hornblower returns to sea with the rank of Commodore in command of a small squadron during the Napoleonic wars. The fate of Europe hangs on the outcome of his mission
Author
Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 1
Pub. Date
[1998?], c1950
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 15
Description
The inauspicious beginnings of Midshipman Hornblower and his spectacular rise to Lieutenant are described in this novel of adventure on the high seas
Author
Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 10
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 17
Description
As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Admiral Hornblower faces pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 2
Pub. Date
[1980]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 15
Description
The second novel in the Hornblower saga finds Hornblower emerging from his apprenticeship as midshipman to assume the responsibilities that await him as a lieutenant.
18) Flying Colours
Author
Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 7
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
A prisoner of the French after he was forced to surrender his ship, Captain Horatio Hornblower faces a trial by his captor, if he can escape, a court-martial back in England.
19) Greyhound
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but only if they can make it through the wolfpack of German submarines that awaits and outnumbers them in the perilous seas. For forty eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the...