Two shipwreck victims, Phillip, a blind, white American boy, and Timothy, an old black sailor, are stranded on a small island in the Caribbean. Being totally dependent on Timothy, Phillip must overcome his prejudice in this adventure story of survival, adjustment, and learning to accept differences in people.
In this combination prequel-sequel to "The Cay", Phillip lies in a New York hospital, anxiously waiting to see if his eyesight can be restored. He longs to return to his beloved cay where he was shipwrecked, and to see Timothy's grave. In dreams and flashbacks, Phillip sees Timothy's childhood and how he overcame poverty and racism to spend a ...
In this classic, inspiring story based on true events, a girl's loyal Labrador goes blind. Helping him cope becomes the focus of Helen's life. Together they fight the chain that holds him and threatens to break his spirit, until Helen comes up with a solution so new, so daring, there's no way it can fail.
In 1946 the U.S. government wanted to conduct further testing of atomic bombs and selected Bikini Atoll as their test site. The islanders are told by military representatives that they will be able to return home after two years, but 16-year-old Sorry Rinamu thinks the Americans are lying. He decides he must find a way to stop the bombing--even if ...
This look at the events that led up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces during World War II surveys the battle from the perspective of both the Japanese and the Americans. Illustrated with b&w maps.
Sam lives by the Powhatan Swamp in Carolina. She can't forget the night when, aged nine, she found a dead man in the swamp. Now, seven years later, she returns to spend a night in the swamp and this time meets The Weirdo, a 17-year-old boy named Chip. Nothing will ever be the same again. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film ...
The only biography of the great World War II air admiral Marc Mitscher, it traces Mitscher's life from cradle to grave in a fluid writing style that is filled with anecdotes from his many friends, including Admirals Nimitz and Halsey.
This latest novel from the acclaimed author of "The Cay" follows two young Inuit brothers as they struggle for survival on an ice floe adrift in the Arctic Ocean. Includes a map, a glossary of Inuit words and phrases, and an Author's Note.
Fifteen-year-old Peg is excited to be taking her annual vacation with her father. This year, the pair is traveling to Isla Dulce Viernes--Sweet Friday Island. However, during their journey, Peg and her dad are warned by the locals to not even attempt to visit the island. Despite these warnings, and her own fears, Peg accompanies her dad to Isla ...
In this sequel to "The Trouble with Tuck", 14-year-old Helen Ogden and her parents adopt a Korean orphan named Chok-Do. When the family discovers that six-year-old Chok-Do is deaf, they must find a way to adapt to this fact. Will Helen's blind dog, Friar Tuck, help the family deal with Chock-Do's deafness?
Young William Bonney is talked into committing his first train robbery, unaware that his cousin and best friend, Willie Monroe, is now sheriff of the nearest town, and that his fellow robbers are already wanted in four states.
In this sequel to "Teetoncey", the girl Ben O'Neal saved from the shipwreck has recovered her ability to speak and revealed that her name is Wendy Lynn Appleton. An orphan, Teetoncey, as Wendy Lynn is known, is now living with Ben and his mother. As Ben makes plans to become a sailor, Teetoncey reveals to him a secret about the shipwreck she ...
When 11-year-old Ben O'Neal rescues a young girl from a shipwreck, he gets caught up in the mystery of her life. Where did she come from? What is her name? Why can't, or won't, she speak? Illustrated with b&w drawings.
Fifteen-year-old Ben is proud that he has been left alone to mange his family's private big-cat preserve while his parents travel to Africa. When a sniper begins shooting the animals, it is up to Ben to find--and stop--the culprit.
An 11-year-old boy bonds with his long-estranged grandfather, a former sailor. When a long-held family secret is finally revealed, everyone's life is changed forever.
Helen and her dog Tuck are special friends--Tuck has saved her life more than once. Now Tuck is going blind, and it is Helen's turn. She is determined not to let Tuck's life be ended or even limited by his blindness.
Fourteen-year-old Jamie has second thoughts about harboring a killer whale that his father and he captured off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia and plan to sell to a sea amusement park.
June 1942. Off tiny Midway Island, brave men fought to repel the Japanese advance. Although individual names have faded, the valiant deeds have not. The finest single chapter in American naval history--the Battle of Midway--is told here in all the glory of war on the high sea.
Theodore Taylor, who served in the American merchant marines in World War II, tells the tragic tale of a convoy of 33 ships that sailed from Iceland to Russia in an effort to bring the Soviets needed tanks, trucks, airplanes and ammunition. In vivid detail, Taylor follows one of the ships through the frigid waters of the Arctic as it battles Nazi ...
The riveting story of how actress Tippi Hedren, in the process of making a feature film as a plea to save wildlife, came to share her home and land with some 100 lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, and cougars.
A collection of eight stories about the sea. In one story, a brother and sister sailing off the coast of California are surprised by a rogue wave that capsizes their boat and traps the sister. All of the stories address the dangers, challenges, and lessons of seafaring.
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