On Sand Island
In 1916 on an island in Lake Superior, Carl builds himself a boat by bartering with the other islanders for parts and labor.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: islands, boats and boating [X], barter, historical fiction [X], superior, lake, lake superior
Sailing To Freedom
In the mid-eighteen hundreds, while serving as cook's apprentice on his uncle's schooner with his pet monkey, Allie, twelve-year-old Ray discovers that they are transporting a fugitive slave to the free north.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: fugitive slaves, slavery, boats and boating [X], capuchin monkeys, monkeys as pets, united states, uncles, historical fiction [X], historical fiction
Voyage Of The Sparrowhawk
In the aftermath of World War I, two orphaned friends set off in a narrowboat from England as each hopes to find a missing part of themselves in France.
FIC
year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: orphans, friendship, domestic fiction, voyages and travels, boats and boating [X], adventure fiction, historical fiction [X], great britain, historical fiction, domestic fiction, action and adventure fiction