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1) Sail
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Dunnes have set off on a ten day boat trip, a trip that hopefully will bring them closer together, despite the fact that the father, Stuart is staying behind on land. But only an hour into the trip they're already falling apart. The teenage daughter plans to drown herself, and the teenage boy is high on drugs. Ten-year-old Ernie is near catatonic. But their mother Anne, with the help of her brother-in-law Jeff, is insistent on pulling everyone...
2) Sail away
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
330L
Language
English
Description
A family takes an enjoyable trip in their sailboat and watches the weather change throughout the day.
3) The Wanderer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
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...
11) Sailing
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to sailing that providing information on safety, equipment, changing direction, making a turn, understanding the wind, racing, and dangers.
14) We, the drowned
Author
Language
English
Description
Follows a century in the port town of Marstal on an island off the coast of Denmark, whose citizens' lives are indelibly shaped by forces ranging from wars and shipwrecks to taboo survival practices and forbidden passions.
16) Sailing ships
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Corp
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Provides an illustrated history of sailing ships and describes how they operate.