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Editorial reviews:
Booklist Starred Review
“convincing, compelling, and ultimately
moving”
Bulletin for the Center for
Children’s Books -- Recommended
"characters are “exceptionally well
developed”
Horn Book
“superhuman
struggle against wind and wave”
KLIATT
“adventure
tale full of peril”
The Times-Picayune
“unforgettably beautiful”
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune
“tension and
suspense . . . riveting”
School Library Journal
“an
engrossing, suspenseful tale of survival”
Midwest Book Review
"A
riveting story."
Nominations:
Best Books for Young Adults 2010
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award 2010
Maine Student Book Award 2009-2010
Reader reviews:
Jill Bellomy—Bellomy
Book Buzz
"Gripping
adventure... I loved these boys."
Greg Neri
– Author of
Chess Rumble and
Surf Mules
“The best book I have
read in the past year.”
Marian H.
Griffin - Director West Melbourne Public Library Brevard County
Libraries
“This is the best YA book I have ever read.”
Mrs. D. - Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, Boone, and
Callaway Counties, Missouri
“Mrs. D. recommends The Great Wide Sea . . . because we all need
to learn how to forgive.”
Amazon Customer Reviews
Lists:
ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2010
2009 Texas Lone Star Reading
List
Kansas State Reading Circle
2009 Recommended Reading List
Vermont's
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List 2009-2010
2009-2010 Maine Student Reading List
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