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The Diary of a Young Girl at Sea
By Roop, Peter & Roop, Connie & Allen, Thomas B.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68982-222-3
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2000
Gr 2-5 The Roops capture the voice of a nine-year-old seafarer aboard her father's ship, the Monticello, a New England whaler en route from Japan to the Bering Sea in 1871. An author's note explains that the book is based on the real journal of Laura Jernegan as well as on the experiences of Mary Williams, another child who sailed aboard a whaling ship with her family. Accounts...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
