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Man Overboard! Kindle Edition

by Curtis Parkinson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
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During World War II, a German agent landed in Canada from a U-boat. Curtis Parkinson has used this true historical event to tell a fast-paced, exciting story. Sixteen-year-old Scott and his friend Adam find summer jobs as deckhands on the Rapids Prince, a ship that plies the waters between the town of Prescott, on the St. Lawrence River, and Montreal. Scott overhears convincing information that a German agent is actually on board the boat. He has a good reason for not telling anybody, but his silence eventually leads him into more trouble than he can imagine, including a possible murder and a kidnapping. It is up to the boys to expose the agent in order to save the Rapids Prince and the innocent passengers on board. Curtis Parkinson has written an impossible-to-put-down novel that combines history with high adventure.
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  1. Reading age
    9 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    162 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    4 - 7
  5. Lexile measure
    750L
  6. Publisher
    Tundra Books
  7. Publication date
    March 13, 2012
  8. Page Flip
    Enabled
  9. Word Wise
    Enabled
  10. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  11. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  12. ISBN-13
    978-1770492981
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“…this story will capture readers….”
— School Library Journal

About the Author

Curtis Parkinson grew up in Kingston, Ontario. After working as a chemical engineer for many years he moved to the Caribbean to live on a sailboat and write. Storm Blast, his first novel, is set in the Caribbean. His knowledge about sailing and the Great Lakes has been the basis for several of his highly acclaimed novels for young adults.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005723LJI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tundra Books; Original edition (March 13, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 13, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3124 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 162 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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Allison
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2015
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This book was in fantastic condition. The price was amazing and I couldn't have asked for better.
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Nicola Mansfield
4.0 out of 5 stars Action-packed WWII Canadian Homefront Tale
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2012
Reason for Reading: Sounded like a book my seafaring adventure loving son would enjoy. Plus I had not heard of this Canadian author before and yet he has written a handful of books!

A very satisfying book! This book is mostly going to be enjoyed by a specific audience. Boys from the ages of 10 to 12. However the main characters are around sixteen, with girlfriends, thus it will also appeal to reluctant teen readers. The plot is an action-packed adventure without too much time for character development but enough to get a sense of where these teens come from, what type of families, the kind of upbringing they've had and their character. No time is wasted with introductory passages. The reader is set right into the story as Scott overhears information about a German spy aboard the ship upon which he works. What ensues is typical action/adventure as he and his friend Adam get involved. Sneaking around at night, getting kidnapped, blindfolded, lives threatened, hearing plans of a bombing and a daring escape to save not only their ship but the future of the war effort at home. A patriotic story with some fascinating WWII history for teens who may not have learned just how close the Germans came to Canada during the war. It is a matter of record that German U-boats landed German spies on Canadian soil on at least three separate occasions. I'm saving this one for a bedtime read for ds; it will be right up his alley and have him on the edge of his seat.
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bookworm1858
4.0 out of 5 stars A review from Bookworm1858
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2012
This book caught my eye when I noticed that it was set during WWII; I didn't really read beyond that but I figured boating and war is an interesting combination.

Thus I got to be surprised to discover that this book is set in Canada on a riverboat between Prescott and Montreal where two best friends have secured jobs for the summer of 1943 as most of the other men are off at war. Scott and Adam become involved in preventing German espionage, inspired by the real-life fact of German agents arriving in Canada to promote their war effort.

In the beginning, everything happens very quickly. Scott accidentally stumbles upon the secret German agents and is threatened, an Allied agent "falls" overboard, and Adam is kidnapped in place of Scott as leverage to keep Scott quiet. Then there felt like a rather long stretch of the novel where Scott worried about what to do and Adam held tight while waiting for an opportunity to escape. For the end though it picked up as they scrambled to rescue Adam and to prevent anything bad from stopping the Canadian war effort.

On the surface, this was a really fun book with some cool historical facts and great villains-I am always in favor of making Nazis the bad guys because they are the quintessential bad guys of the twentieth-century (this also holds true for movies: see the good Indiana Jones films and the recent Captain America). But Adam and Scott did not feel like real people to me; they were just characters doing x in service of y plot line. Generally when I love a book, it is because of the passion the characters inspire in me and this book just didn't have it.

Overall: A fun historical story about a lesser-discussed part of WWII.

Cover: I really like the bold font for the title and author-I think it calls out to the reader and grabs the attention.
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Mark Nenadov
4.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad At All!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2013
Man Overboard! is a fairly fun juvenile story set in Canada in 1943. Through the characters Scott and Adam and others, Curtis Parkinson weaves a World War II era tale that mixes friendship, summer jobs, and the threat of Nazi spies. Even though, being 30-something, I'm not close to being within the intended target age of this book, I find this book actually quite endearing and for the most part well-written. There were certainly a handful of eye-rolling moments where the book's plot simply stretched the boundaries of the plausible, but overall not bad at all!
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