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Good-bye for today :the diary of a young girl at sea

Nine-year-old Laura writes in her journal about the boredom, excitement, and danger that she and her family face while sailing from Japan to the Arctic seas aboard the whaling ship captained by her father.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Roop, Peter
Other Authors:	Roop, Connie, Allen, Thomas B. (Thomas Burt), 1928-2004 (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atheneum, 2000.
Subjects:	Sea stories > Juvenile. Whaling > Juvenile fiction. Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Nine-year-old Laura writes in her journal about the boredom, excitement, and danger that she and her family face while sailing from Japan to the Arctic seas aboard the whaling ship captained by her father.
Physical Description:	42 p.: ill.
ISBN:	0689822227 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Peter Roop is a Wisconsin State Teacher of the Year, and has been a writer of children's books for over 25 years. He has written extensively for Cricket and Cobblestone Magazines. He currently writes and speaks full-time. Last year he talked with over 50,000 students, presenting over 800 workshops for students, educators and writers in 26 states. Together with his wife, Peter has written 60 children's books ranging from historical fiction to nonfiction. Seven of their books are "Reading Rainbow" books, including Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, a Feature Book. Their books have received recognition from the National Association of Science Teachers, National Council of Teachers of English, the Children's Book Council, and the American Library Association. They have also received Wisconsin's Laura Ingalls Wilder Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography)