sailors

Two sisters, Scarlett and Tella, leave their cruel father to attend Caraval--a faraway once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show--and, along the way, Tella is kidnapped and Scarlett is aided by a mysterious sailor and finds herself enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic.

In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.

"Describes the role sailors played during World War II. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--Provided by publisher.

Donald Stratton was a Seaman First Class on the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941 and shares his life story including his tale of survival.

An easy-to-read introduction to the equipment, dress, and daily activities of men in Army and Navy training.

Contains a collection of short novels by Herman Melville, with critical explanatory annotation, and includes the stories: "Bartleby, "The Scrivener", "Billy Budd", and "Benito Cereno.".

"Sadiki fears the worst when he is tossed from his ship in a storm. But a chance encounter with a serpent changes his life and that of the Pharaoh"--Provided by the publisher.

Two sisters, Scarlett and Tella, leave their cruel father to attend Caraval--a faraway once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show--and, along the way, Tella is kidnapped and Scarlett is aided by a mysterious sailor and finds herself enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic.

Powerful tale of innocence victimized by harsh reality on the high seas.

The constellations come to life in this imaginative fantasy adventure debut.