The great wide sea book

The setting the majority of the book, the boat, is introduced as well. Oh, that was just what happens in the great wide sea, otherwise known as the book that will make you happy you live safely on land in denverduluth. Published in 2008, this book is a great addition to the ya genre. The great wide sea has a great companion site that includes ways to use the sky for navigation, a layout of the chrysalis, terminology and other neat things worth checking out. Its really hard to get into the book because the main character keeps on thinking about his past then automatically goes in the present then past. The board can include students questions, comments, journal entry logs, maps of the journey, quotes, and pictures of chrysalis, the sea, sea creatures, the island, navigational equipment such as the epirb, etc. Its really hard to get into the book because the main character keeps on thinking about his past then automatically goes in the present then past again.

Young adult fiction young adult literature publication details. The plot is straightforward and the characters are, for the most part, easy to understand. The great wide sea is one fantastic readride for the middle school group i particularly had boys in mind, the ones who claim books are boring, for as i live and breathe, this book equals the brian books by gary paulsen in intensity, character development, plot surprises, and quality writing. Beyond the bright sea is an acclaimed best book of the year. The great wide sea by m h herlong fantastic fiction.

Have students design a bulletin board or poster board display for the great wide sea. This book was time consuming, complicated and hard to listen to, but i know that cool and amazing is not always easy. This book called the great wide sea was an ok book. Themes related to immigration and young womens taking charge of their lives dont. Herlong, follows sixteenyearold ben byron, who mourns the loss of his mother with his younger brothers, gerry and dylan, while spending a year at sea. Download and read online for free the great wide sea by r. If you like to read adventure books than this is the book for you. Ben, dylan, and gerry are still mourning their mother. As ben processes his grief, he clashes with his father, until he mysteriously vanishes from the boat one morning.

The great wide sea is one fantastic readride for the middle school group i particularly had boys in mind, the ones who claim books are boring, for as i live and breathe, this book equals the brian books. For a while after her death, remembering his mother made ben really sad. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. And, in his particular case, he might actually be right. The great wide sea is a great book about a great, intense story, i couldnt love it less, it took me a week to finish it wasnt connected to the internet and i had a lot of oh my god no. While the violent climax may be upsetting, the book ends on a hopeful note. Sep 30, 2012 the great wide sea trailer based on the book my m. The great wide sea quotes showing 114 of 14 sometimes when you read a book or watch a tv show, you see the people and you think, dont do that. Wars, people, empires, inventions, that without the great sea would never have have been a reality. Eventually, though, hes able to remember her without pain. Anger is bens method of coping with his mothers death and his fathers irrational behavior.

Ben had been suffering because of the death of his mother. Free the great wide sea worksheets and literature unit for. Elevenyearold dylan disconnects, retreating into his intellect, while fiveyearold gerry becomes. Family dynamics in the face of grief and adventure. A 2010 top ten best books for young adults an idea book. The great wide sea is not, in itself, a difficult book. Madaline herlong still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the florida keys and have a harrowing. Find books like the great wide sea from the worlds largest community of readers. We havent seen this many nautical terms since moby dick. It would also be a great addition to the middle or high school classroom. Herlong spins a gripping tale of adventure, survival, and the bonds of brotherhood in the great wide sea. Herlong is a teacher, writer, former lawyer, and parent of four sons, and the author of the great wide sea, a yalsa 2010 top ten best book for young. A 2010 top ten best books for young adults an idea book for.

Ben, dylan, and gerry are still mourning their mothers death w. Gerry is the youngest byron brother andreal talkhe spends most of the book crying. Despite all the trouble he and his family encounter on the ocean, the experience seem to have healing powers. What are the characters of the great wide sea answers. Herlong that pits father against son, and brothers against nature in what the school library journal calls an engrossing, suspenseful tale of survival 1 at sea. Dec 03, 2009 the great wide sea has a great companion site that includes ways to use the sky for navigation, a layout of the chrysalis, terminology and other neat things worth checking out. The great wide sea by m h herlong book cover, description, publication history. Then his dad pulled ben and his little brothers, dylan and gerry, out of school so the whole family could spend a year at sea.

Id rank it up there with some of the great ya books of survival and adventure, like the island of the blue dolphins, that i loved. Following the death of his wife, a father takes his three sons on a yearlong sailing trip. Madaline herlong still mourning the death of their mother, three brothers go with their father on an extended sailing trip off the florida keys and have a harrowing adventure at sea. The board can include students questions, comments, journal entry logs, maps of the. Herlong that pits father against son, and brothers against nature in what the school library. Goodreads members who liked the great wide sea also liked. The other book trailer there isnt a book trailer for the great wide sea, and the author seems to be a bit camera shy. Free the great wide sea study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Good for learning an english literature course or recommendation during star reading.

The great wide sea isbn 9780670063307 is a novel by m. Herlong that pits father against son, and brothers against nature in what the school library journal calls an engrossing, suspenseful tale of survival at sea it was one of the 20 books on the 20092010 texas lone star reading list and has been named to top young adult reading lists for middle school and high school. The way the mediterranean as a whole and the countries around it effected the world we know today is mind boggling. Parts, its painful and frustrating, the kind of bittersweet novels that will make you hate everyone and then love them again an so on, you will cry and. Like a lot of sixteenyearolds, ben byron feels like everythings wrong. Oct 01, 2008 following the death of his wife, a father takes his three sons on a yearlong sailing trip. Man the first conflict happened after the mother died, the dad decided to take a year trip to the bahamas, that started all of the fighting between the dad and all of the brothers. The setting in the great wide sea is in the bahamas and bermuda.

Ben matures in a lot of ways over the course of the book. Or, actually, he has nothing on his plate but barbecued iguanawhich is even worse. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Told in 15yearold bens voice, the story follows the family as they islandhop through the bahamas. A colorful account of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the mediterranean, the middle sea represents the culmination of a great historians unparalleled art and scholarship.