Samuel Sailing
The True Story of an Immigrant Boy
Published on 4. June 2021
Book
Hardback
36 pages
978-1-951599-12-6 (ISBN)
Description
Eleven-year-old Samuel can barely contain his excitement to sail with his family from South Africa to live in the United States--then he contracts typhoid fever.
World War I has broken out. Samuel's parents have sold their business, their home--everything--to purchase passage on a freighter to the USA. Now their boy is in the hospital; and even if he lives, no ship will let him aboard for several weeks. Meanwhile, Atlantic crossings by boat may not be possible for long.
Experience this family's heart-wrenching choice and its consequences through the eyes of the child who braved it.
Explore online SECRETS, and see the saga unfold with actual photographs of Samuel P. Martin's voyages plus 1,000 words adapted from his autobiography by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (Horse & Dog Adventures in Early California--don't miss his 60 multiracial books).
Build resilient kids today! #4 in the Young American Immigrants series (odyssey standalones). Discover all four inspirational biographies in a bundle--plus family tree/geography lesson plans:
Agnes's Rescue: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl (Scotland/Ireland--free ebook)
Ida's Witness: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl Immigrant Girl (Sweden)
Anna's Prayer: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl Immigrant Girl (Sweden)
PremioPublishing (worldwide rights (c) June 2021), libraries, and major nonfiction distributors. Stories of real immigrants fascinate readers and transcend culture and time (35 pages/70 vintage images for ages 7+ years).
LOOK inside! This child's memoir touches on a powerful hunger--the yearning for family and a place to call home. 8.5"x8.5", kids hard/soft/ebook on travel, hard work, family history/genealogy, moving, and modes of transportation. School/homeschool ESL/ELL/ESOL/ESE. No AI. No CRT, gender, or orientation spiel--just happy multicultural fun! LCCN: 2021931888; JNF053240, JNF057010, JNF038010, JNF009000, JNF058000, JNF025210, JNF007020, JNF002000, JNF053100, JNF057050, JNF049250, JNF026000, JNF019060, JNF051180, JNF057020, JNF019070, ; (eISBN: 978-1005346508), hard ISBN: 978-1951599126 soft: 979-8511690322
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Series
Edition
Large type / large print edition
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 to 11 years
Edition type
Large type / large print edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-951599-12-6 (9781951599126)
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Media professor Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator of 25 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 60 ebook titles. His survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award, and his multicultural kids' books have been lauded by Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal. Raised in Silicon Valley, he has lived abroad and worked with people from all continents (except Antarctica). His work reflects cultural diversity-not only in protagonists, but in collaborators (his illustrators hail from Latin America, Europe, and Asia). Beckstrand has a B.A. in journalism from BYU, an M.A. in international relations from APUS, and a broadcast/film certificate from Film A. Academy. He teaches media at a state college and, since 2004, has run Premio Publishing. Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan's Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. His Y.A. stories, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, wordless, career, and STEM books feature ethnically diverse characters-and usually end with a twist. His work has appeared via: Amazon, Apple/iBooks, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Deseret Book, Follett, Ingram, Papercrafts Magazine, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart.com, FB, Twitter, and https://PremioBooks.com