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The Wanderer
The Wanderer
Author: Sharon Creech
The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in. 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 -- prom...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060277307
ISBN-10: 0060277300
Publication Date: 4/30/2000
Pages: 320
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Joanna Cotler
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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This book is great for people who like adventure stories. It's suspenseful and full of twists and surprises.
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This is an excellent book - one of my favorites when I was in middle school.
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reviewed The Wanderer on + 12 more book reviews
This is one from my 12 year old. He thought it was "ok" but never finished it.
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this is a story about a 13 year old girl who goes on a voyage and has many great adventures this book is great for teen adults and even younger readers such as 5th and 4th grade boys or girls.
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Creech is always good
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This book is flippin' sweet!!!!
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From the jacket flap: "....an adventure-filled story of a courageous girl's journey across the ocean and into the memories of her past. Sophie's struggle to reclaim who she is inspires similar exploration from those around her--as the crew discovers the joys and trials of belonging to a family."
annapi avatar reviewed The Wanderer on + 334 more book reviews
Sharon Creech is always a good children's/YA read, and this one tells the story of Sophie's adventure sailing across the Atlantic from the US to Ireland on a 40-foot sailboat with her three uncles and two cousins. They must all learn to get along and deal with each other's quirks of personality, besides surviving the storms encountered during the crossing. It's a great coming of age story, nothing fancy or spectacular, just good solid writing.
althea avatar reviewed The Wanderer on + 774 more book reviews
The book is aimed at readers around 12, I'd say - but it's a really well-done, affecting story, about a young girl who insists on being included on a very DIY yacht trip involving extended family, and with the goal of visiting a grandfather who's moved to England. Strangely, however, although the girl is eager to meet this man, the other family members seem convinced that she's never met him before, as she's adopted - something which she seems to be reluctant to admit. No one is quite sure how to react to her enthusiasm for telling her grandfather's "stories" to pass the time on the boat, either. But through a trip filled with adventures and danger, the embers of this family all get to know each other better than they expected, and to face things about themselves. Every character in the book, child or adult, is psychologically realistic and extremely well-realized, and the narrative device of switching first-person journals, one by the girl and one by her boy cousin, is extremely effective as well.
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this is a must read book


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