Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats - Gary Paulsen 电子书mobi+epub
Product details
Age Range: 10 and up
Grade Level: 5 and up
Lexile Measure: 1210L (What's this?)
Hardcover: 112 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (October 9, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385326459
ISBN-13: 978-0385326452
Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats Hardcover – October 9, 2001
by Gary Paulsen (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Caught-Sea-My-Life-Boats/dp/0385326459
Product details
Age Range: 10 and up
Grade Level: 5 and up
Lexile Measure: 1210L (What's this?)
Hardcover: 112 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (October 9, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385326459
ISBN-13: 978-0385326452
Another such wave could easily be the end of us. I had to do something, fix something, save the boat, save myself.
But what?
Gary Paulsen takes readers along on his maiden voyage, proving that ignorance can be bliss. Also really stupid and incredibly dangerous. He tells of boats that have owned him—good, bad, and beloved—and how they got him through terrifying storms that he survived by sheer luck. His spare prose conjures up shark surprises and killer waves as well as moonlight on the sea, and makes readers feel what it’s like to sail under the stars or to lie at anchor in a tropical lagoon where dolphins leap, bathed in silver. Falling in love with the ocean set Gary Paulsen on a lifelong learning curve and readers will understand why his passion has lasted to this day.
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
Celebrated outdoorsman-turned-author Gary Paulsen relates his lifelong romance with open water to teen readers with this short and salty memoir, Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats. Paulsen packs adventure into every sentence of this 100-page book. He grabs our attention within the first few pages with a shocking childhood memory of watching from the saftey of a troopship as sharks attacked plane-wreck victims. Strangely, this doesn't scare Paulsen off as much as it challenges him to conquer the ocean's power. He remembers disastrous first sailing attempts, unsteady vessels, and frightening tropical storms that reminded him of his frail mortality. Still, he fondly recalls that every boat he ever knew had valuable lessons to impart: "To show me the sea. To show me myself. And never, ever look back." Though some of the stories are told out of context, and he often takes for granted that his audience has some background knowledge of shipboard vocabulary, fans of Paulsen's wildly popular survivor tales will no doubt be caught by this one as well. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert
From School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up-On the coattails of Guts (Delacorte, 2001) comes another collection of Paulsen's autobiographical vignettes, this time about sailing. His love for the sea began at age seven, aboard a troopship headed to the Philippine Islands. A plane crashed into the water and Paulsen watched as sharks attacked the women and children. Though gruesome, the account is typical of the author's unaffected, matter-of-fact writing style. The rest of the stories are dull in comparison, however, as Paulsen chronicles his experiences with various sailboats over the years. He tries to define the sailing terminology as he uses it, but it is complicated stuff for landlubbers. His writing is adult in tone and he often looks back and reflects on his adventures. The passages about food, reminiscent of those in Father Water, Mother Woods (Doubleday, 1995), are better. When he describes the taste of double-stuffed Oreo cookies, readers taste them, too. It is quintessential Paulsen to describe the number one law of the sea: "If given a chance a container of oatmeal will open, mix with a container of coffee grounds, further combine itself with eight or ten gallons of sea water and then find its way into your sleeping bag." At book's end, Paulsen refers to his age and current heart condition but dangles a carrot in front of readers about a sailing trip around Cape Horn. Stay tuned.
Vicki Reutter, Cazenovia High School, NY
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 5-8. Paulsen's lifelong passion for the sea began when he was seven. His mother smuggled him on a troopship, where he witnessed a gruesome, unforgettable plane crash that killed several people. Several years later, the sea called him back, this time to excitement rather than tragedy. Paulsen traces his life at sea, from buying his first sailboat to getting lost in the Pacific to encountering sharks. In his usual Hemingwayesque style, with spare language and meticulously chosen words, he shares youthful adventures that seem as outsized as his ocean backdrop. His sometimes comic, sometimes near-fatal sea-going errors make for absorbing, captivating reading. The intelligently written, just-barely-over-100-page book will deliver a lot of punch to kids, including ones older than the target audience, who are seeking an easy-to-read volume that meets the minimum-length standards for book reports. Roger Leslie
Copyright ? American Library Association. All rights reserved
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About the Author
Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor Books: The Winter Room, Hatchet, and Dogsong. His most recent Delacorte books are The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer and Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books.
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