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1) Kayaking
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Provides an overview of the sport of kayaking, including basic equipment and techniques, safety, and healthy habits to optimize one's kayaking experience. Includes a quiz and a glossary.
10) No more pranks
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Pete's fondness for pranks gets him in trouble at school and for his punishment he is sent to spend the summer working for his uncle's kayaking business, where he uses one last prank to stop a group of motorboaters from polluting the river and getting too close to the whales.
11) Wild river
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Considered lazy and unathletic, twelve-year-old Ryan discovers a heroic side of himself when a kayak trip with his older brother goes horribly awry.
12) Fire storm
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Alex enjoys kayaking behind the raft of his aunt and uncle as they journey down Idaho's Salmon River, until they find themselves in the middle of a forest fire.
13) First descent
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Montana-born Tex dreams of following in his grandfather's footsteps and kayaking down one of the world's last unconquered wild rivers. When he finally gets enough sponsors, Rex heads to South America to tackle the river known as El Furioso. In Columbia he hires seventeen-year-old Myriam Calambaþs to be his guide. Myriam longs to go to a university, become a reporter, and tell the world what is happening to her world. Can the two avoid the clashes...
14) White water!
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"From hippo attacks on the Okavango River to Chitina headwaters in Alaska, this chapter book is full of raging rivers and thrilling adventures. With gripping - and TRUE - stories of incredible adventures, extreme excursions, and ultimate survival, White Water! will have you on the edge of your canoe- er seat. Perfect for all readers who love an exciting, real-life, adrenaline-fueled drama"--
16) Camp wild
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Wilf wants to find a way to escape summer camp but instead finds himself pushing the limits in a kayaking adventure on a wild river.
17) Boil line
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"Camp Clearwater is home to best friends Nate, Owen and Mercy. They practically grew up on the Starling River. But the summer they turn sixteen an incident forces the camp to close its doors. Mike Elliot, the river guide who taught the teens everything they know, is lost to the rapids. A tragic accident, everyone agrees. Except for Nate. Mike was the best kayaker he'd ever met. The smartest. The safest. He respected and loved the river, and as far...
19) Breaking point
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When Cameron arrives at Camp Mosher, an outdoor program for juvenile offenders in Nova Scotia, he regrets his choice, and he and Brianna, another resident, steal two sea kayaks and try to escape, just before a hurricane is due to hit.