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If ever I return again
By Demas, Corinne
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06028-718-4
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 4, 2000
Gr 5-8 Celia is 12 when she goes to sea with her mother and sea-captain father in 1856. The book is written as a series of letters to her cousin Abigail in New Bedford, MA. As whaling journeys took two to three years, letters, which were exchanged during meetings with other ships, played an important role in shipboard life. Celia is realistically portrayed as she deals with homesickness and seasickness, a crush on the 19-year-old...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
