Eleven-year-old Primrose, who lives in a small fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
"Highlights some extreme survival stories of adventurers who met with disaster, from being adrift on the ocean to getting lost in the Sahara Dessert"--Provided by publisher.
When, in 1895, their father's business failure forces the family to live in their beach home on the peninsula just above the Oregon border, twelve-year-old Marcella and her younger brother and sister find the experience much more rewarding than they imagined, especially when they become friends with the numerous members of the Kimball family.
A reader of fairy tales, a young princess longs for the day when a prince will save her from a dragon or witch, but when she finally is chased and locked in a tower she decides to take matters into her own hands.
When she is excluded from the group dance, a little girl insists to her family that she is going to dance a solo at her school's spring concert--with the entire Air Force in the audience.
Fatena, a young servant girl, has her life changed when she meets Marwen, a young wealthy man, who drives her to challenge Lebanese societal standards.
April, a high school junior, and her friend Vi, a senior, get a crash course in reality as the list of things they should not do becomes a list of things they did while living parent-free in Westport, Connecticut, for the semester.
Davey, a blind student, refuses all help from his new classmates, even while playing kickball at recess, until they find a way to help without doing everything for him.
