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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006-01-03

Education of Patience Goodspeed

Education of Patience Goodspeed

Heather Vogel Frederick, Author

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9781416913948

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In this follow-up to "The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed," Patience is about to become assistant navigator on her father's whaling ship. But when the ship encounters dangerous waters in the Pacific, the women and children are sent ashore to a boarding school in Hawaii.
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Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Exploration & Discovery • Family • General (see also headings under Family) • General (see also headings under Social Themes) • Historical • JUV001000 • JUV013000 • JUV016050 • JUV039000 • Juvenile Fiction • Social Themes

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 320

Subjects • Voyages and travels • Friendship • Teenage girls • Boarding schools • Adventure and adventurers

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes) • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)

In the year since the Morning Star sailed away from Nantucket, Patience Goodspeed has navigated a ship and outwitted mutineers, but this time she faces her biggest challenge yet: boarding school!

Now, instead of mathematics and navigation, Patience is forced to study sewing and French. To make matters worse, Fanny Starbuck, the most empty-headed widow in Nantucket, has shown up in Hawaii and seems to be after Papa's hand in marriage! Not if Patience has anything to say about it!

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