| The Education of Patience Goodspeed Contributor(s): Frederick, Heather Vogel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416913947 ISBN-13: 9781416913948 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Exploration & Discovery - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006277524 |
| Lexile Measure: 1030 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.28" W x 7.7" (0.47 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Cultural Region - Oceania - Geographic Orientation - Hawaii |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 81583 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Frederick, Heather Vogel: - Heather Vogel Frederick is the award-winning author of the Mother-Daughter Book Club series, the Pumpkin Falls Mystery series, the Patience Goodspeed books, the Spy Mice series, and Once Upon a Toad. An avid fan of all things maple, Heather and her husband have recently been transplanted from Portland, Oregon, back to New England, close to where Heather grew up. You can learn more about the author and her books at HeatherVogelFrederick.com. |