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The Voyage of the Frog by Gary Paulsen
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The Voyage of the Frog

by Gary Paulsen

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From Publishers Weekly
Three-time Newbery Honor author Paulsen provides another action-filled survival story, as a storm strands 14-year-old David when he attempts to fulfill his late uncle's last wish by piloting his sailboat. Ages 10-14.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Grade 6-9?A taut survival story of a 14-year-old boy?grieving over his uncle's recent death?caught at sea in a small sailboat and pushed by a storm 350 miles from home. Paulsen's spare prose offers an affecting blend of the boy's inner thoughts and keen observations of the power of nature to destroy and to heal.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc ( )
  MARYO | Apr 4, 2007 |
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David Alspeth stopped at the locked gate, felt in his hands the weight of the small box which he could not stand to see yet, looked down on the sailboat, and tried not to cry.
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Slowly, David opened his eyes and looked around the horizon, wincing again with the new movement. There was nothing sticking above the water as far as he could see.



He was alone.



Fourteen-year-old David Alspeth intended only to fulfill his uncle's last wish when he set sail in the Frog, but when a savage storm slams into the tiny sailboat, David is stranded. No wind. No radio. Little water. Seven cans of food. And the storm is just the first challenge David must face...

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