Russell Reads with the Rach(a)els

Seagulls, Shipwrecks, and Shanties [August Reading Challenge]

Russell Carter, Rachel Timm, Rachael Miller

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Russell, Rachel, and Rachael discuss our August challenge, books set by the beach or sea, and regrettably did not prepare any sea shanties.

Books we discuss include:

  • “A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks” by David Gibbins
  • “The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found” by Martin W. Sandler
  • “Pirate Latitudes” by Michael Crichton
  • “The Wreck of the Medusa” by Jonathan Miles
  • “The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier” by Ian Urbina
  • “Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter” by Lizzie Pook
  • “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway
  • “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck
  • “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • “Peter & the Starcatchers” by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
  • “Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive” by Laura Hillenbrand
  • “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl
  • “Earthsea Cycle” series by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • “The Sea Wolf” by Jack London
  • “And the Ocean Was Our Sky” by Patrick Ness
  • “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel
  • “Whalefall” by Daniel Kraus
  • “Goosebumps: Deep Trouble” by R.L Stine
  • “Fins: A Shark Incorporated Novel” by Randy Wayne White
  • “Refugee” by Alan Gratz
  • “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen
  • Russell’s Sidetrack - “Woods Runner” by Gary Paulsen


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