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1) Suttree
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Cornelius Suttree renounces the values held by his prominent family to live in a dilapidated houseboat among the depraved residents on the banks of the Tennessee River.
4) The darkdeep
Author
Series
Darkdeep volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Middle-schoolers Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden island in a forbidden cove that appears uninhabited, but something ancient has awakened knowing their wishes, dreams, and darkest secrets. --
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Local outcast Rigby Sellers lives in squalor on a dilapidated houseboat moored on the Mississippi River. With only stolen mannequins and the river to keep him company, Rigby begins to spiral from the bizarre to the threatening. As a year of drought gives way to a season of squalls, a girl is found trembling on the side of the road, claiming her boyfriend was murdered. The nearby town of Oscar turns their suspicions toward Sellers. Local Sheriff Amos...
6) Boat living
Author
Publisher
International Marine Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1976]
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
7) Houseboat
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
©2002, ©1958.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shows Cary Grant as a government attorney, living in a houseboat, widowed and left with three unruly kids. He hires Sophia Loren as a governess and ends up falling in love with her.
8) The Beast
Author
Series
Darkdeep volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Middle-schoolers Nico, Opal, Tyler, and Emma face a more dangerous threat and must uncover the whirlpool's origins, as well as those of that freaky "Thing in a Jar," while fending off paranormal investigators.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 1
Language
English
Description
After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world.
12) Sea creatures
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Georgia Qullian returns to her hometown of Miami, her toddler and husband in tow, she is hoping for a fresh start. They have left Illinois trailing scandal and disappointment in their wake, and for months, their three-year-old son has refused to speak a word. On a whim, Georgia takes a job as an errand runner for a reclusive artist and is surprised at how her life changes dramatically. But as a hurricane bears down on South Florida, Georgia must...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leaving her sales job behind to start a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent, Genevieve finds her dreams shattered by the discovery of a body that's linked to her own secret past as a dancer at a private members' club, forcing her to recall the moment when things started to go horribly wrong.
Author
Series
Unseen World of Poppy Malone volume 3
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nearly-ten-year-old Poppy Malone finds her skepticism challenged again when she must deal with troublemakers at Lake Travis who look and act suspiciously like mermaids, which she knows do not exist.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While researching archaeological sites that may soon succumb to the effects of the Deepwater Horizon spill, Faye Longchamp helps a young teenager who has lost everything but a dilapidated old houseboat left to her by her murdered grandmother and uncle.
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