pickBoth of 12 year old Kay‘s parents have died and her much older sister is just married, so she ends up joining them on the voyage of her brother-in-law‘s ship heading around the world in 1911. This book, and Kay, has a marvelous connection to the ocean and also explores colonialist attitudes. Highly recommend.
This was to be my book for Micronesia for #ReadingOceania2024, but none of it takes place there. It does work for Tonga.
Hooked_on_books #52bookclub24 Features the ocean @BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @jenniferw88 @julesG @Deblovestoread @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @Crazeedi @MidnightBookGirl @kwmg40 @Graciouswarriorprincess @slategreyskies 3mo
squirrelbrain Sounds great - but a bit annoying about Micronesia! 3mo
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain Yes, especially since it even mentions Micronesia on the book flap! 3mo
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Librarybelle This is on my to read list! Weird about the Micronesia mention on the book flap! 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Great review!! 3mo
BarbaraBB Annoying! I‘ll be reading this one for Micronesia![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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The People in the Trees: A NovelHooked_on_books @BarbaraBB I‘m pretty sure I‘ll read that eventually, since I loved To Paradise and have A Little Life queued up on audio from the library. I found a different book for Micronesia that I‘ve put in a hold for. It‘s a memoir of a guy who went there and worked in some sort of law enforcement capacity. Sounds interesting and different. 3mo