| Becca at Sea Contributor(s): Baker, Deirdre (Author) |
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ISBN: 0888997388 ISBN-13: 9780888997388 Publisher: Groundwood Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: May 2018 Annotation: Becca's made many visits to her grandmother's rustic cabin in the Gulf Islands, but this February, it's different. With her mother expecting a baby, Becca is making the trip to Gran's all by herself. Suddenly, the place, and even her grandmother, feels foreign. Summer's carefree, fun-filled island is now cold and unfamiliar, full of mystery and challenges, kind of like Becca herself -- the visit has brought out all her insecurities. But when she finds an oyster full of pearls, it sets off a series of small but significant adventures that leave her seeing the island, her family, and herself through new eyes. As her mother's pregnancy progresses, Becca returns to the island again and again. And with each new adventure -- from watching the annual herring run in a sinking dinghy to skinny-dipping to learning to deal with bossy cousins -- Becca gains a little more self-assurance. Funny, endearing, and completely true-to-life, Becca's journey is one all young readers can identify with. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Camping & Outdoor Activities |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Age Level: 9-12 |
| Grade Level: 4-7 |
| Lexile Measure: 680(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.4" L (0.35 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts - Catalog Heading - Language Arts |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 118065 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Becca has often gone with her parents to visit Gran at her rustic cabin by the sea. But this year Becca's mother is expecting a baby, and Becca visits her grandmother on her own. The prospect of spending time at Gran's -- with her peculiar plumbing and ridiculous Scrabble rules -- is hardly appealing. Then, on her very first night, Becca finds an oyster full of pearls. One pearl for every adventure to come? As her mother's pregnancy progresses, Becca returns to the island again and again. And through a busy parade of visiting relatives -- some welcome, some not -- she faces the cacophony of the annual herring run in a leaky dinghy, is kissed by a seal, scales a cliff, sails a boat for the first time and goes skinny-dipping in a sea of luminescence. And by the time her parents arrive with the new baby, she realizes that adventures, and even friends to share them with, may have been right under her nose the whole time. |
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