Book Description
for The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed by Heather Vogel Frederick
From the Publisher
"Can Patience rescue the" Morning Star's crew?
Precocious Patience Goodspeed, almost thirteen, hates to leave Nantucket and her treasured math tutor for a three-year whaling voyage. Patience's father, Isaiah Goodspeed, runs a tight ship. Between endless kitchen duty and run-ins with the motley crew, she hardly has time to learn navigation. But smooth sailing gives way to a rocky course: Soon suspicious mates come aboard and maroon Patience's father and brother on a deserted island. And Patience is faced with a problem that will take more than just brains to solve.
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