Becca at Sea - Baker, Deirdre
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Becca's made many visits to her grandmother's rustic cabin in the Gulf Islands, but this February, it's different. With her mother expecting a baby, Becca is making the trip to Gran's all by herself. Suddenly, the place, and even her grandmother, feels foreign. Summer's carefree, fun-filled island is now cold and unfamiliar, full of mystery and challenges, kind of like Becca herself -- the visit has brought out all her insecurities. But when she finds an oyster full of pearls, it sets off a series of small but significant adventures that leave her seeing the island, her family, and herself…mehr

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Becca's made many visits to her grandmother's rustic cabin in the Gulf Islands, but this February, it's different. With her mother expecting a baby, Becca is making the trip to Gran's all by herself. Suddenly, the place, and even her grandmother, feels foreign. Summer's carefree, fun-filled island is now cold and unfamiliar, full of mystery and challenges, kind of like Becca herself -- the visit has brought out all her insecurities. But when she finds an oyster full of pearls, it sets off a series of small but significant adventures that leave her seeing the island, her family, and herself through new eyes. As her mother's pregnancy progresses, Becca returns to the island again and again. And with each new adventure -- from watching the annual herring run in a sinking dinghy to skinny-dipping to learning to deal with bossy cousins -- Becca gains a little more self-assurance. Funny, endearing, and completely true-to-life, Becca's journey is one all young readers can identify with.
¿One girl¿s winter, spring and summer of wonder and growth on a glorious northwest coast island.¿ ¿ Kirkus Becca has often gone with her parents to visit Gran at her rustic cabin by the sea. But this year Beccäs mother is expecting a baby, and Becca visits her grandmother on her own. The prospect of spending time at Gran¿s ¿ with her peculiar plumbing and ridiculous Scrabble rules ¿ is hardly appealing. Then, on her very first night, Becca finds an oyster full of pearls. One pearl for every adventure to come? As her mother¿s pregnancy progresses, Becca returns to the island again and again. And through a busy parade of visiting relatives ¿ some welcome, some not ¿ she faces the cacophony of the annual herring run in a leaky dinghy, is kissed by a seal, scales a cliff, sails a boat for the first time and goes skinny-dipping in a sea of luminescence. And by the time her parents arrive with the new baby, she realizes that adventures, and even friends to share them with, may have been right under her nose the whole time. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 >Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
Autorenporträt
Deirdre Baker has taught children's literature throughout Canada and the U.S. and currently teaches in the English department at the University of Toronto. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.