The Great Wide Sea, Herlong, M.H.
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The Great Wide Sea
Authors: Herlong, M.H.
Lexile: 660,
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
BISAC/Subject: YAF001020, YAF058050, YAF018070
ISBN: 9781440642333, Related ISBNs: 0142416703, 0670063304, 1440642338, 9780142416709, 9780670063307
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 288,
Audience: Young adult
Synopsis: Ben, Dylan, and Gerry are still mourning their mother?s death when their dad decides to buy a boat and take them on a year-long sailing trip. Tensions flare between Ben and his father, but they gradually learn to live together in close quarters. But one morning, the boys wake up to discover their father has disappeared?and they are lost. What happened to him? Where are they? And what will they do when a treacherous storm looms on the horizon?

M. H. Herlong spins a gripping tale of adventure, survival, and the bonds of brotherhood in The Great Wide Sea.

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