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Thirteen-year-old Sophie hears the sea calling, promising adventure and a chance for discovery as she sets sail for England with her three uncles and two cousins. Sophie's cousin Cody isn't sure he has the strength to prove himself to the crew and to his father. Through Sophie's and Cody's travel logs, we hear stories of the past and the daily challenges of surviving at sea as The Wanderer sails toward its destination -- and its passengers search for their places in the world.
Thirteen-year-old Sophie, skipping between "dreamland or earthland or muleland," hears the sea calling her. Much to the concern of her adopted parents, she decides to join her uncles and male cousins on a sailing voyage from Connecticut across the Atlantic to England (and her grandfather Bompie) on a 45-foot sailboat. Not only does she want to make the trip, she feels she has to.
This perilous cross-Atlantic journey will make young readers feel the wind in their hair and the salt spray on their face. Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech (Walk Two Moons) describes the sailing experience with astonishing precision--from the smell of the sea to the intricate workings of The Wanderer itself.
Along the way, Sophie proves her bravery and competence to the rather grumpy all-male crew; intrigues and captivates her cousin Cody with her beautiful, odd stories of Bompie that always somehow end in underwater disaster and apple pie; and spills her heart into a daily journal. Readers get another angle on her, too, as Cody keeps a log that alternates with hers. He grows to know, and like, and wonder about, his new cousin Sophie along with the reader, and as her mysterious past reveals itself bit by bit, we are all right there on the edge of our seats, ready for the boom to crash over to the other side.
Sophie's adventures take her not only straight into perilous waves higher than buildings, but deep into her hidden past. This profound, suspenseful novel will pull you into its swift current and barely let you surface for breath. (Ages 9 to 13) --Karin Snelson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Publishers Weekly
In a starred review of this Newbery Honor book, PW wrote, "Like Walk Two Moons, this intimate novel poetically connects journey with self-discovery. Creech once again captures the ebb and flow of a vulnerable teen's emotional life, in this enticing blend of adventure and reflection." Ages 8-12.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-9-Thirteen-year-old Sophie, her two cousins, and her three uncles sail across the Atlantic Ocean to England in a 45-foot sailboat, fulfilling the men's lifelong dream. The trip is also a perfect opportunity to visit the ailing patriarch of the family, Bompie, who recently left the U.S. and returned to his birthplace. Sophie conveys her fascination with the sea in journal entries and retells many of Bompie's stories. Cousin Cody, also 13, keeps his own journal and it is through his entries that readers learn that Sophie's view of things is not always reliable and that she does not always tell the truth. Sophie is actually adopted and has never met Bompie. What happened to her birth parents? Why does she pretend her adopted family is her only family? And why does she pretend to know a man she has never met? These questions will keep readers motivated to discover the answers to the girl's secrets. During the journey, the shipmates endure a dangerous storm that reveals truths about each of them and allows Sophie to face the truth. The first-person immediacy and episodic nature of the narratives allow for piecemeal but intimate revelation of character. The story is exciting, funny, and brimming with life. For each crew member, there is a conscious journey to Bompie across the sea, and an unconscious one of self-discovery. This is a beautifully written and imaginatively constructed novel that speaks to the power of survival and the delicacy of grief.
Katie O'Dell, Multnomah County Library, Portland, or
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Thirteen-year-old Sophie begs her way aboard a sailboat trip from Connecticut to England, accompanied by her adoptive mother's three brothers and two nephews. Along the way, the close relatives endure close quarters, destructive storms, and the fear that they will not make it to shore. Meanwhile, they come to know each other better and respect each other more. Written with grace, subtlety, and wit, the story unfolds as a series of journal entries by Sophie and her cousin Cody. The apparent openness of Sophie's writing, and the fact that the first four chapters offer her point of view alone, leads readers into an acceptance of her narrative truth. In a shift more poignant than ironic, the reader discovers another layer of reality when Cody reflects on aspects of Sophie's life that the uncles won't discuss (the circumstances surrounding her parents' death) and that she doesn't record in her journal (the fact that she was an orphan, adopted into the family only three years before). Little by little, Sophie begins to remember and acknowledge the parts of her past too painful to deal with before. Presented directly, the weight and force of such revelations might have swamped the novel, but here, handled obliquely, they simply lift and carry the whole story further along. David Diaz contributes a series of small ink drawings as handsome chapter headings that add pleasure to this memorable voyage of discovery. Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Kirkus Reviews
Creech (Bloomability, 1998, etc) again crafts a profound tale of simultaneous inner and outer journeys, sending a child across the Atlantic in a small boat both to visit an ailing grandfather she claims to know well but has never seen, and to recover a past she has hidden away from herself. Thanks to a combination of stubbornness and demonstrable expertise, 13-year-old Sophie wangles a berth aboard Wanderer, a 45-foot craft that three uncles and two cousins intend to sail to England to see beloved old ``Bompie.'' Telling the tale in alternating journal entries from Sophie and deceptively carefree cousin Cody, Creech takes her often contentious crew past dolphins and deadly weather, exciting discoveries and hard tests of courage. Meanwhile she is concocting an enticing mystery from contradictions in the twin narratives: Why is Sophie ignoring the fact that she's adopted? Why does she feel such a mix of love and terror for deep water? What happened to her parents? How has she come to be so familiar with Bompie's stories, even though she's never met him? Deftly assembling her puzzle piece by piece, Creech paces the revelations to match the voyages' sometimes triumphant, sometimes harrowing events, bringing both ``wanderers'' at last to safe harbor. It's a multilayered tale, combining bracing, open-air adventure with personal growth, in its protagonist and in much of the strong supporting cast as well. (Fiction. 11-13) -- Copyright ©2000, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
"Like Creech's Walk Two Moons and Chasing Redbird, this intimate novel poetically connects journey with self–discovery. -- Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"Sophie is a quietly luminous heroine, and readers will rejoice in her voyage." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
“A beautifully written and imaginatively constructed novel that speaks to the power of survival and the delicacy of grief.” -- School Library Journal (starred review)
“Sophie is a quietly luminous heroine, and readers will rejoice in her voyage.” -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
Review
"Sophie is a quietly luminous heroine, and readers will rejoice in her voyage." (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) )
"Like Creech's Walk Two Moons and Chasing Redbird, this intimate novel poetically connects journey with self-discovery. (Publisher's Weekly, starred review )
"A beautifully written and imaginatively constructed novel that speaks to the power of survival and the delicacy of grief." (School Library Journal (starred review) )
