"It's the Plastiki-a boat that floats on thousands of plastic soda bottles! Join the Plastiki crew on a journey to raise awareness about the problem of plastic pollution in the world's oceans "--Page 4 of cover.

"Red system" series part identified by red band on books as identified on publisher webpage for Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention System (LLI) http://www.heinemann.com/fountasandpinnell/lli_Overview.aspx.