However, as a parent and adult I understood the underlying cause that the boys might not understand. I felt bad for the boys the way their father talked to them. Add to that a storm that maroons them on an island and you have a heart-stopping book. Then Ben comes up top to discover their dad missing. Each of the boys have certain "jobs" they are required to handle and they must all learn to do everything. He has been a faithful crewman on his dad's boat the Chrysallis. It isn't until they have been sailing for about six months and he has decided it doesn't help to argue with his dad that things go from bad to worse. He of course sees things from his skewed view as a teenager. There is no discussion, no answering of questions, just the order to pack and go. When Ben, Dylan and Gerry lose their mother to a terrible car accident their father sells everything they own, buys a sailboat and tells them they will be sailing for a year. This is the story of not only a physical loss, but the loss of trust and belief in someone. So, yesterday, the first day of the new year I sat and read it cover to cover. She was reading it to her students and my students who are in her reading class kept telling me how wonderful it was. I had purchased this book and then another reading teacher recommended it. Genre: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Adventure
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