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1) The pursuit
Author
Series
English garden series (Lori Wick) volume 4
Language
English
Description
Sailing from Africa to England, Edward Steele meets these two very different men aboard ship. When his traveling companion becomes seriously ill, Edward abandons his goal of going home and disembarks with the two men in Lisbon, never dreaming that his association with them will lead to the mysterious Nicola Bettencourt, a woman who captivates and confounds him in equal measures.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table"--as far from the Captain's Table as can be--with a ragtag group of "insignificant" adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed...
3) The Wanderer
Author
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholatic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old George Calder can't wait to explore every inch of the Titanic, even if his little sister, Phoebe, has to tag along. But when George sneaks away without her and ventures into the first class baggage room, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever"--Provided by publisher.
