Absolute Pressure

  • Pages:176
  • Publisher:Orca Book Publishers
  • Series: Orca Sports
  • Themes:athlete, action, scuba diving, illegal immigrant, undocumented immigrant
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  • Available:04/01/2009
  • Age Groups:Fiction Ages 9-12
  • Reading Level:3.2
  • Lexile:HL570L
  • ATOS:3.9
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9781554691302
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Ian has been going to Key West every summer for years, helping his Uncle Gord at his dive shop and spending as much time as he can underwater.

When he's not scuba diving, he's admiring Sherri, the girl who works at the dive shop, and wondering how she would feel if he told her that he tastes blackberries whenever he sees her. A series of accidents leads Ian to believe that his uncle is in grave danger, but the truth is more complicated and terrifying than he could ever have imagined.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

"Students who are looking for something action-packed to read will find this book full of continual action and suspense...A good book to have in a Junior High reading library."
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"Takes the reader into an exciting and fast-paced world of deep sea diving, treasure hunting, attempted murder and cover-up…Part of the 'Orca Sports' series, Absolute Pressure will provide teachers with a read-aloud that will capture the imagination of boys while holding appeal for a general younger teen audience…Recommended."

– CM: Canadian Review of Materials
Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standard Selection   | 2009  |  Commended
Golden Eagle Children's Choice   | 2012  |  Nominated

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