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    The Wanderer

    Written by Sharon Creech

    Narrated by Dana Lubotsky and John Beach

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    The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.

    Thirteen-year-old Sophie is the only girl amongst the crew of The Wanderer, made up of her three uncles and two cousins. They sail across the Atlantic toward England, the land of Bompie, her grandfather. The personal journey she takes brings her deeper into a forgotten past than she ever knew possible.

    Sophie's thirteen-year-old cousin Cody isn't sure why his father brought him along. Everyone, including his dad, thinks he's nothing but a knucklehead doofus. But behind all the goofing off, he wonders if he has the strength to prove himself to the crew and to his father.

    Through Sophie's and Cody's travel logs, the amazing experiences of these six wanderers unfold.


    From the Compact Disc edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 22, 2008
    ISBN9780739371909
    Author

    Sharon Creech

    Sharon Creech has written twenty-one books for young people and is published in over twenty languages. Her books have received awards in both the U.S. and abroad, including the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor for The Wanderer, and Great Britain’s Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler. Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She and her husband now live in Maine, “lured there by our grandchildren,” Creech says. www.sharoncreech.com

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    • 4/5
      Sophie is about to sail across the Atlantic on a boat with three uncles and two cousins, both boys. Brian is a geeky obsessive obnoxious jerk. Cody is a fun-loving, never serious cut-up. All three are about 13 years old. The journey is to visit Bompie, the kid's grandfather, in England.The tale is told in log entries by Sophie and Cody. Sophie's log begins the book, and we hear how eager she is to see Bompie again and such. But when Cody's log begins, we quickly learn something odd... Sophie is an orphan, adopted into their family, and she's never even met Bompie. Sophie is at least partially, living in a world of self delusion.This is a good tale, well told. Only drawbacks... Brian is unnecessarily obnoxious. He mocks Sophie for being an orphan. Who would actually do that? And in the first third of the book, Cody is buffoonish enough to be pretty annoying too, though not cruel.(Note on the cover: Like many books, this one has had multiple covers. Mine is the one with the disembodied heads of Sophie, Brian and Cody floating in the air over the boat. It's a terrible cover! Generally, when I read a book with pictures of the characters on the cover, I can't help but picture the characters in my mind as they are on the front of the book. Not so here. The three cover characters are so far off from those described in the book it's laughable. The characters are 13, and normal kids. All three on the cover look between 16 and 18, and all three look like they came straight from a modeling agency.)
    • 4/5
      great action
    • 3/5
      This was my first book I actually read all the way through so I should give it some credit.

      This girl goes on a typical boat trip with her three uncles and two cousins. They make many stops on the way to they're destination but there's a secret of where they're actually going.. The term 'Rose' kept coming up which had me thinking alot. In the end it makes you think.
    • 5/5
      I read this with a group of 4th graders. We used the audio in conjunction with text. It was nice to hear the students reaction to Sophies voice. It contained good information about boats.
    • 4/5
      A fun and touching adventure story told in split narrative and journal format. The characters are complex and interesting and the way the author addresses trauma and family issues is subtle yet very effective. Definitely a book to reread and pick up new things from each time.
    • 5/5
      Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
    • 3/5
      Sophie & Cody carry the story line via their separate journal entries as they sail across the Atlantic Ocean one summer with their uncles & a cousin. We learn why the adults were so secretive/cautious around Sophie after their boat sustains damage from a storm. Of course there are relationship tensions on such a small boat, but they all learn acceptance from the voyage.Read with my son, who wasn't highly interested in the book, so will pass it on.
    • 4/5
      Very enjoyable read. Loved the setting and the characters. (and them smex was smokin' hot!)
    • 3/5
      The book is aimed at readers around 12, I'd say - but it's a really well-done, affecting story, about a young girl who insists on being included on a very DIY yacht trip involving extended family, and with the goal of visiting a grandfather who's moved to England. Strangely, however, although the girl is eager to meet this man, the other family members seem convinced that she's never met him before, as she's adopted - something which she seems to be reluctant to admit. No one is quite sure how to react to her enthusiasm for telling her grandfather's "stories" to pass the time on the boat, either. But through a trip filled with adventures and danger, the embers of this family all get to know each other better than they expected, and to face things about themselves. Every character in the book, child or adult, is psychologically realistic and extremely well-realized, and the narrative device of switching first-person journals, one by the girl and one by her boy cousin, is extremely effective as well.
    • 4/5
      Thirteen year old cousins, Sophie and Cody are sailing with with their cousin Brian, Cody's father and his two brothers, from the US to the UK to visit their grandfather "Bompie". On the journey, Sophie tells the others stories about Bompie's childhood, and Cody and Brian wonder how Sophie can know stories about someone she's never met.I loved this. It's a beautifully written story about family identity and relationships; dealing with one's fears; and the joys and challenges of sailing across an ocean. It's poetic and it's realistic and it even made me cry, just a little.Morale seems okay among the boat family today, but we don't get enough sleep. I think the reason we seem so tired - beyond not getting enough sleep - is that every thing we do, even the simplest of actions, requires such effort. Just walking a few steps is a major production. It's like rock climbing, where you have to plot where each hand and each foot is going to go before you can actually move [...] But still, in spite of all of that, I like living on a boat. I like being this whole self-contained unit that can charge across the ocean with the wind.
    • 4/5
      This is a great book for anyone who loves adventure. Sophie (13) hears the sea calling and promising an adventure. She takes the chance for discovery and sets sail for England with her three uncles and two cousins. Her cousin Cody wants to prove himself to the crew and his father. We hear stories of the past and the daily challenges of surviving at sea through Sophie and Cody's travel logs.
    • 5/5
      The Wanderer by Sharon Creech is a honey of a book. It’s not new. It was published in 2000, but sometimes you need to go back to some of the older gems. My daughter, again, suggested I read it. “The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me.” This is the start of an unbelievable trans-Atlantic sea voyage for young Sophie, her two cousins, Cody and Brian, and her maternal uncles, Mo, Stew and Dock, aboard a 45 foot sail boat. While 45 feet sounds big in general, amid the vastness of the ocean, it sounds small to me. The sea means many things to Sophie, as you’ll find out as you traverse the ocean with her. At voyage’s end awaits her Bompie, her grandfather, who she’s never met. It is a voyage that changes everyone on board. Narrated by both Cody and Sophie, The Wanderer portrays some very strong, young characters, characters you’d like to meet and learn more about. Both Cody and Sophie are endearing youngsters, one seemingly lackadaisical and the other dreamy, questionning everything. Yet when disaster strikes, they show what they’re made of. I’ve been told I reveal too much of the plot so I’m trying to rein myself in. Suffice it to say, The Wanderer is a wonderful middle grade book. It even had me sniffling once or twice towards the end. Enjoy!
    • 5/5
      I think I liked this one even more than Walk Two Moons and Chasing Redbird! It was the story of a 13-yo girl who sails with her uncles and cousins from the US to England to visit her grandfather (Pompie). Sophie is such a great character -- she loves sailing and the ocean so passionately. However, she has some dark secrets in her past as well. She is adoped into this clan but doesn't admit she ever had other parents and though she has never met Pompie, she knows all of his stories--stories that no one else has ever heard. The story is told from Sophie and her cousin Cody's journals. Excellent, excellent book.
    • 5/5
      This is about a adopted girl named sophie who wants to go on a trip on a ship with her cousin's and uncle. she is only one there but she shows that she is really brave. They are going to see there grandfather Bompie.
    • 4/5
      Yr. 7 - Yr. 8.The ocean has always flowed through Sophie's life. It proimises journeys of adventure and discovery. And when she gets the chance to cross the Atlantic on board her uncle's boat, 'The Wanderer', she can't wait to set sail. But Sophie has a secret. Deep down she's terrified of where 'The Wanderer' will take her. For this storm-tossed voyage will also be a journey into the mysterious past of her forgotten childhood. And she, and the rest of the motley crew aboard 'The Wanderer', may not survive it.
    • 4/5
      The Wandere is one of the best books I have ever read. It is a wonderful out to sea adventure
    • 5/5
      Sophie loves the sea and would love to visit it even more. According to others, the lives in a dream world. Cody is a "knuckleheaded doofus." They both are going out sailing with some family members to visit Bompie. (Their grandfather.) In the book, we learn that Sophie was adopted and for some reason she's afraid of water. When they had to face an ongoing storm, they nearly died, yet made it to England. (Where Bompie lived.) There we learned that Sophie's original parents both drowned. She was rejected in so many homes yet finally lived with Bompie for a while. Then, Sophie's new parents adopted her. Sophie thought that she had to push all thoughts of her original parents out of her mind, and convince herself to believe that she was born in this family and has lived with them her whole life. They finally arrive at Bompie's house. He is very sick. One of Sophie and Cody's uncles stays in England to take care of Bompie. Then, Sophie and Cody returned home on an airplane. Amazing book! I couldn't find any flaws with it! It had a couple of interesting plot twists. This adds up to a great book.