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The Wanderer

Sharon Creech, David Diaz (Illustrator)
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England. Thirteen-year-old Sophie is the only girl amongst the surly crew of The Wanderer made up of her three uncles and two cousins. They sail across the Atlantic toward England, the land of Bompie, her grandfather. The sea calls to Sophie promising adventure and the chance to explore and discover. But the personal journey she takes brings her deeper into a forgotten past than she ever knew she could travel to. Sophie's thirteen-year-old cousin Cody isn't even sure why his father brought him along on this voyage. Everyone, including his dad, thinks he's nothing but a knuckle headed doofus. But behind all the goofing off, he wonders if he has the strength to prove himself to the crew and to his father. Through Sophie's and Cody's travel logs, the amazing experiences of these six wanderers and their perilous journey unfold. Stories of the past and the daily challenges to survive at sea swirl together as The Wanderer sails toward its destination, and its passengers search for their places in the world. -- From publisher
eBook, English, 2000
Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 2000
Sea stories
Middle School.
1 online resource (305 pages : illustrations
9780061972522, 0061972525
1036918582
Preparations: Sea
Three sides
Slow time
Big baby
Shakedown: Afloat
Slugs and bananas
Wildlife
Dolt and the orphan
Beheading
Ahoy
Juggling
Blah-blah-blah
Shakedown
Bompie and the car
Island: Grand Manan
Stranded
Tradition
Bompie and the train
Wood island
Little kid
Baptism
Bompie and the pastor
Under way: Whoosh!
Oranges and pizza
Fired
Code
Insurance
Charlie-Oscar-Delta-Yankee
Blips
Knots
Rosalie
Bompie and the swimming hole
Life
Little kid nightmares
Blue bopper
Wind and waves: Bouncing
Wind
Howling
Bobbing
No time
Surfing
Battling
Weary
Son
Alone
Bompie at the ocean
Force ten
Night
Spinning
Wave
Limping
Jumbled
Bompie and his father
Mr. Fix-it
Wet
Useful
Thinking
Little kid: Push and pull
New dreams
Questions
Land: Ahoy ahoy
Land
Bursting
New body
Push-pull
Visitor
Phone calls
Wales
Little girl
Castle
Cottage
Bompie
Story
Apples
Oh, Rosalie!
Gifts
Remembering
Home
Preparations: Sea -- Three sides -- Slow time -- Big baby -- Shakedown: Afloat -- Slugs and bananas -- Wildlife -- Dolt and the orphan -- Beheading -- Ahoy -- Juggling -- Blah-blah-blah -- Shakedown -- Bompie and the car-- Island: Grand Manan -- Stranded -- Tradition -- Bompie and the train -- Wood island -- Little kid -- Baptism -- Bompie and the pastor -- Under way: Whoosh! -- Oranges and pizza -- Fired -- Code -- Insurance -- Charlie-Oscar-Delta-Yankee -- Blips -- Knots -- Rosalie -- Bompie and the swimming hole -- Life -- Little kid nightmares -- Blue bopper -- Wind and waves: Bouncing -- Wind -- Howling -- Bobbing -- No time -- Surfing -- Battling -- Weary -- Son -- Alone -- Bompie at the ocean -- Force ten -- Night -- Spinning -- Wave -- Limping -- Jumbled -- Bompie and his father -- Mr. Fix-it -- Wet -- Useful -- Thinking -- Little kid: Push and pull -- New dreams -- Questions -- Land: Ahoy ahoy -- Land -- Bursting -- New body -- Push-pull -- Visitor -- Phone calls -- Wales -- Little girl -- Castle -- Cottage -- Bompie -- Story -- Apples -- Oh, Rosalie! -- Gifts -- Remembering -- Home
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