Book Thoughts: Stranded (Coleridge)

• dramatic day rescuing beached whales
• lovely sprinkling of challenging words mixed in*
• mostly clean language
  (darn x3, Oh G*d x1, idiot x1, heck x1)
• awesome representation of genders–men being manly and women being helpful

Type: chapter book
Ages: 8-12
Author: Ann Coleridge
Illustrator: Eric David

With a quick search, it appears this isn’t being published anymore, BUT you can find it used some places. Maybe your library will have it!

*Here are some of the fun words that will stretch your child’s mind:

• paper nautilus
• cowrie
• motley
• laborious
• sluicing/sluiced
• heebie-jeebies
• puny
• tarpaulin
• mooch (32)
• some whale parts that they define 
• capacious 

I really appreciate when authors don’t dumb things down just because they’re writing for children. Besides the bit of language (see bullet point), this was a good chapter book. ☺️