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Becca at Sea
By Baker, Deirdre
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-88899-737-1
- Publisher
- Groundwood
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2007
Gr 4-6 This is an episodic novel about 10-year-old Becca's adventures while staying with her grandmother on a small island off British Columbia. Gran is used to living on her own and doing everything her way, from Scrabble rules to mulching her garden. She is seemingly one rough, gruff character, but as Becca (and readers) spend more time with her, she becomes a person who can learn and change. So does her granddaughter. I...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
From a frequent Horn Book contributor, an excellent first novel. Becca's many relatives may suppose that she is simply a nice, obliging child, but make no mistake: like Dick King-Smith's oh-so-determined Sophie, she is competence and persistence personified. In a dozen linked episodes set on her Gran's small island off the coast of British Columbia, Becca averts many a mishap and disaster. It's Becca who insists that the leak in Gran's new inflatable craft is a pr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Starred Review on January 1, 2007
In twelve linked episodes set on her Gran's small island off the coast of British Columbia, Becca averts many mishaps and dis...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
