Mom's Notes: This had been recommended by various sources, including Nana Jan - who gave us a chocolate bar and a can of sardines to eat while reading it. (We have yet to try the sardines!) It fit right in with other ship and sailing books we've read this past year. Though some of the jargon was still fuzzy for us! (It's easy enough to look things up and learn something new.) This is one of those stories that you wish you could live out. Four siblings who get to live on a small island on their own for a few weeks in the summer?! I appreciated the realistic checking in on them that the mother does. She is so fun to play along with their ever-present make believe. Interesting note - we finished this book while Julia was in Brazil. She was on the actual Amazon River while we read about their make-shift Amazon!
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