PJ Our Way Books for Readers Who Love Boats
This month we’re delighted to offer Consider the Octopus, a fun and inspirational story about two 12-year-olds who start their summer on a research ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and end up solving the crisis of a floating garbage island twice the size of Texas?
37 Days at Sea: Aboard the M.S. St. Louis, 1939
by Barbara Krasner
Ruthie and her family are fleeing the Nazis on a luxury cruise ship. She and her friend Wolfie are having a blast, dressing up for dinner and playing pranks on the other passengers. But the adventure turns into a nightmare as one country after another refuses entry to the Jewish refugees. Will Ruthie and her family ever get off the ship?
Consider the Octopus
by Nora Raleigh Baskin and Gae Polisner
Something’s fishy on the Oceania… Sidney Miller, 12-year-old stowaway, is headed out to sea to vacuum up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Will Jeremy keep her secret and save their mission?
Jose and the Pirate Captain Toledano
by Arnon Schorr
José’s father is in prison and now the evil Captain DeGuzman is after him. Will José’s dangerous secret keep him from becoming a pirate and saving his father?
Letters from Cuba
by Ruth Behar
Esther and her dad are in Cuba, trying to save up enough for the family in Poland to join them. She really misses them, especially her sister, Malka, but how can a twelve-year-old earn that kind of money?
Maurice and His Dictionary
by Cary Fagan
Fourteen-year-old Maurice dreams of becoming a lawyer, but when the Nazis invade Belgium, his family must flee across several countries, eventually finding safety in a refugee camp in Jamaica. Throughout it all, Maurice’s treasured English dictionary serves as a symbol of his dreams and gives him the determination to get the education he needs, whatever it takes.
The Secret of Carlos Romanus
by Esther Kosofsky
Moshe Levi’s been shipwrecked off the coast of Spain! Will he ever see his family again? And who is the mysterious Carlos Romanus?
The Spanish Plot
by Leah Sokol
It’s 1492, and you’re taking care of little Yitzchak, whose grandfather is trying to save the Jews from being kicked out of Spain. You discover a plot to kidnap the boy, but can you save him in time? Only YOU can decide!