The Boy who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair
Title | The Boy who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair PDF eBook |
Author | Lara Williamson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Children's stories |
ISBN | 9781409576327 |
All Becket wants is for his family to be whole again. But standing in his way are two things: 1) his dad, his brother and him seem to have run away from home in the middle of the night and 2) Becket's mum died before he got the chance to say goodbye to her. Arming himself with an armchair of stories, a snail named Brian and one thousand paper cranes, Becket ploughs on, determined to make his wish come true.
A Boy Called Hope
Title | A Boy Called Hope PDF eBook |
Author | Lara Williamson |
Publisher | Usborne Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2017-03-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1474940757 |
I'm Dan Hope and deep inside my head I keep a list of things I want to come true. For example, I want my sister, Ninja Grace, to go to university at the North Pole and only come back once a year. I want to help Sherlock Holmes solve his most daring mystery yet. And if it could be a zombie mystery, all the more exciting. I want my dog to stop eating the planets and throwing them up on the carpet. And finally, the biggest dream of all, I want my dad to love me.
Dove
Title | Dove PDF eBook |
Author | Robin L. Graham |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1991-03-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0060920475 |
In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, California, in a 24-foot sloop. Five years and 33,000 miles later, he returned to home port with a wife and daughter and enough extraordinary experiences to fill this bestselling book, Dove.
The Girl with Space in Her Heart
Title | The Girl with Space in Her Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Lara Williamson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2019-08-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781474921312 |
Mabel has a suitcase full of worries ¿ it turned up just after her dad disappeared and before her mum started dating Gavin. She worries about big things and little things and shoves them into her suitcase until it's so full it might explode...
The Boy and the Tree
Title | The Boy and the Tree PDF eBook |
Author | Marleen Lammers |
Publisher | Andrews UK Limited |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 2024-02-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1837916470 |
The Boy and the Tree is a wondrous story, told in rhyme, following a young boy's search for fun and adventure with a strong environmental message. Written to inspire young people to rediscover the joys of outside, illustrated perfectly with a clean, inviting, and friendly art style.
The Water in Between
Title | The Water in Between PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Patterson |
Publisher | Vintage Canada |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2011-02-04 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0307363767 |
A broken heart leads Kevin Patterson to the dock of a sailboat brokerage on Vancouver Island, where he stands contemplating the romance of the sea and his heartfelt desire to get away. By the end of the day, he finds himself the owner of a thirty-seven-foot ketch called Sea Mouse. Although he's never really been on the ocean before (aside from the odd ferry-ride), he feels compelled to sail to Tahiti and back, to burn away his failings in hard miles at sea.
Stowaway
Title | Stowaway PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Hesse |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2000-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0689839871 |
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.