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Bargain Book: Action, adventure, Young adult. by Brian Casey

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Starboard Eight

Young Jesse O’Cathasaigh lives on a family farm in Arkansas. Here, beneath the sweltering sun and close to the surging Mississippi, he spends his free time exploring and adventuring with his beloved dogs. But these halcyon days cannot last forever. In 1968, the family faces a savage twister that wreaks havoc on the local area. Worse, his parents must continually endure the torment of having a son at war in Vietnam.
As he moves into his teenage years, Jesse becomes an excellent football player but repeatedly clashes with teammate Rick Neal. The racist bully provokes Jesse at every turn and their rivalry culminates in Rick killing Jesse’s dog, Rip. Jesse’s rage is eventually unleashed in a violent attack on Rick. At their wits’ end with their volatile son, his parents send the sixteen-year-old to join The Blue Water School. This unique institution is based on two sailing ships and offers troubled youngsters a chance to turn their lives around.
Arriving in Guadalupe, Jesse is assigned to Lacrosse, where he meets his fellow rookies in their ‘Starboard Eight’ berths. They are a disparate bunch, including anxious Gene, combative Bill and engaging Dan. For Jesse this a new world of relentless work, nautical lore and exotic locations. But before long, the competitive young man is drawn into another rivalry: this one with John Gold, a senior mate who enjoys tormenting the ‘rookies’. However, Jesse also meets Rachel, a confident girl with whom he conducts an on-off romance.
Though physically capable and bright, Jesse is not a strong academic. He is some way behind his compatriots and will need to catch up quickly. One of the Blue Water teachers suggests that he postpone graduation but Jesse is determined to make up ground. After only a few weeks, he begins to grasp the appeal of the sailing life and an additional goal is participation in the prestigious Tall Ships race, which will culminate in New York Harbour in this most significant of years: 1976, the bicentenary.
As the Lacrosse and the Southern Star journey though the Caribbean from island to island, Jesse learns about deck work, navigation, weather and numerous other aspects of sailing. One night, while on anchor watch, he alerts his superiors to an escapee that turns out to be Gene. Not long afterwards, the rookies face their greatest challenge yet when the ships are lashed by a hurricane. Jesse is thrown overboard and, among those who help him, is Gene; his bravery swiftly restores his reputation.
For Jesse, the new experiences don’t end there as he encounters sharks, jellyfish and water-spouts. Along with the other Starboard Eight boys, he also explores a mysterious island where they recover some pirate booty. One of the valuable golden doubloons becomes the prize in a diving competition between Jesse and John Gold. Despite a devious a trick by Gold, Jesse comes out on top.
But after nine months at sea, time is running out for his academic goals as the ships reach Grenada. Inspired by a senior staff member who challenges him to do his best, Jesse redoubles his efforts. All the other Starboard Eight boys pitch in to help in the weeks before their finals. All he can do is wait for the results as the ships move on. While passing through the Bermuda Triangle, Jesse witnesses the unique St. Elmo’s Fire – an experience that provokes a profound epiphany from the young man.
As the end of the year approaches, Jesse discovers more about John Gold and the two eventually become friends. Jesse learns of Gold’s longing to be accepted by his parents. He has hardly seen his own mother and father during his time away and resolves to help Gold by writing to his parents and highlighting Gold’s many attributes and achievements. Jesse then learns that he has graduated and, better still, will be participating in the Tall Ships race in Southern Star! At the graduation ceremony, he sees Gold reunited with his parents. As for Jesse’s own parents, he is delighted to see them but a troubling distance remains between he and his father.
As they set off for New York, Jesse and the Starboard Eight boys speak frankly about their time together and much more. In New York, the Southern Star joins the Parade of Sail, which is beamed around the world. Jesse represents both his ship and his country in a rope-climbing competition against the Russians and wins a famous victory. Once ashore, he has a last moment with Rachel and bids a final farewell to his crewmates.
He is about to board his flight home when his father appears. His father tells Jesse that he saw him win the rope-climb and how proud he is. The pair fly home together; and among the many things they discuss is Jesse’s future…

Targeted Age Group: 15 to a 100

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Free Book: Talon, come fly with me by Gigi Sedlmayer

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Inspiring story of a girl whose disability is her greatest strength and brings the important message of never losing hope in hard situations and using misfortune to look for an opportunity to be kind.

The story takes you into the Andean Mountains of Peru to a remote village where you meet a young girl, named Matica, who worries about being shunned by the tribal people because of her growth disability that makes her different from everyone else.

One day she befriends two Condors she names Tamo and Tima. The village natives watch from a distance as her friendship and trust grow with the Condors. It only takes a short time before the entire village accepts the little girl for who she is when they find she can also communicate with them.

And then the adventures begin, changing her life in marvellous way. Matica is delightful, caring, and undaunted by these giant birds and their offspring, she and her father rescue from poachers.

The book won 6 Awards
Medallist winner for older published with NEW APPLE 2018
TOP 10 FINALIST with AUTHORS ACADEMY AWARDS 2018
SILVER MEDAL AWARD with READERS’ FAVORITE in Children’s’ adventure 2018
Finalist with: BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD, 2017 *
Finalist with: IAN – The Independent Author Network Book of the year award 2017 – (the gold one)
AWARD by LITERARY TITAN 2019

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About the Author
Gisela (Gigi) Sedlmayer was born on 19 May 1944 in Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin in Germany.
Her family escaped to the West just before the infamous wall went up. They moved around in Germany, following where her dad got work. That meant she had to change 9 times schools. In the end she never had friends again, of fear, she will lose them again.
Finally, they settled in Munich where Gigi studied architectural drafting and met Albert in 1965, marrying in December 1967. She worked as a civil drafts-person in various private consultancies in Munich.
Since her uncle was a writer, she tried to write short animal stories herself. Nothing further came of it, but she developed a love for the written word and started to consume books.
In May 1975, Gigi and her husband moved to New Zealand. Because of language challenges, she started a handcraft business. As a specialty, she made colourful parrots in several sizes of which she sold thousands in a few years.
In 1988, they decided to adopt and became adoptive parents of twin girls the year after. They lived in New Zealand for eighteen years and moved to Australia in September 1992.
One year later Gigi was diagnosed with cancer. After operations and radiation, she withdrew, thinking that she would probably soon be dead, like her friend who died of cancer, but her two little girls gave her the courage to keep going. After a few years, still among the living, her brain started to work again, so she thought, 'Get a grip on yourself and do something good with your life'.
She remembered the time she wrote short stories and got inspired again, seeing her husband Albert writing the story of their adoption. Her English became increasingly better so she pressed on to develop her creative writing.
Albert taught her how to use a computer and she wrote many short stories. She entered them in competitions and often got very good reports back, which gave her confidence to go on writing. One day the idea for the TALON series came to her and she spent the next several years bringing the story and the characters to life.
She now loves writing and spends most of her time at the computer, developing new story lines. She also loves traveling, 4×4 touring, swimming, gardening, handcrafting, reading, fossicking and enjoys good adventure DVD's or going to the movies.
Teaching Children Self-Confidence Through Service to Others

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Raven Boy: Book 1 by Kateryna Kei

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Raven_boy_by_Kateryna_KeiRaven Boy: Book 1 by Kateryna Kei

Raven Boy : Book 1 of The Raven Boy Saga

by Kateryna Kei

The Viking king is killed and his widow is called to suggest to the council a worthy successor, able to win the raging war.
Torn between her feelings and her duty to choose the best for her people, she decides to seek the divine guidance and goes to see the rune caster.
But the message of the gods is weird beyond belief: it says that the only person who can win the war is but a boy, the youngest of her twin sons, Hrafn.
The rune caster’s predictions have never failed yet, and suddenly the queen has another problem to worry about – the second part of the prophecy promises the boy something much more dreadful than death on the battle field…

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