{"id":333591,"date":"2025-12-07T20:10:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/sea-legs\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T20:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T20:10:58","slug":"sea-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=333591","title":{"rendered":"Sea Legs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6760\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 209px\" aria-label=\"&lt;strong&gt;Sea&lt;\/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Legs&lt;\/strong&gt; by Jules Bakes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6760 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ccbc.education.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/SeaLegs.Bakes_-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Sea<\/strong> <strong>Legs<\/strong> by Jules Bakes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By <b>Jules Bakes<br \/>\n<\/b>Illustrated by <strong>Niki Smith<\/strong><br \/>\nGraphix \/ Scholastic, 2025<br \/>\n247 pages<br \/>\n978-1-338-83586-1<\/p>\n<p>Ages 8-12<\/p>\n<p>Life aboard Janey\u2019s parents\u2019 sailboat, the <em>Merimaid, <\/em>has its ups and downs\u2014sometimes literally. Janey (white) enjoys life at sea and the opportunity to travel, but seasickness, storms, and isolation make it challenging. Her relationship with her best friend, Rae (who lives in Florida), is on rocky ground. When her parents anchor at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in search of temporary work, Janey jumps at the chance of a friendship with brown-skinned Astrid, who lives on a nearby boat. Astrid seems sophisticated and worldly, but she can be mean, too. She pushes Janey to explore dangerous, off-limits locations, like an abandoned military bunker. When the girls nearly get trapped in an underground cistern, Janey explodes with anger over Astrid\u2019s recklessness; Astrid, who has a negligent father, accuses Janey of complaining about things for which Astrid envies her, like having attentive parents and a homeschooling routine. Recognizing Astrid\u2019s unhappiness and low self-worth, Janey becomes the only source of encouragement in Astrid\u2019s life. Just as the girls\u2019 friendship begins to hit its stride, the threat of a hurricane abruptly sends Janey to her grandmother\u2019s house while her parents ride out the storm. When she returns, Astrid and her family are gone, leaving Janey without a real sense of closure. Featuring clean, colorful artwork, this graphic novel based on the author\u2019s childhood in the 1990s offers a fascinating glimpse into life at sea and very believable, if painful, friendships. \u00a92025 Cooperative Children\u2019s Book Center<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sea Legs by Jules Bakes By Jules Bakes Illustrated by Niki Smith Graphix \/ Scholastic, 2025 247 pages 978-1-338-83586-1 Ages 8-12 Life aboard Janey\u2019s parents\u2019 sailboat, the Merimaid, has its ups and downs\u2014sometimes literally. Janey (white) enjoys life at sea and the opportunity to travel, but seasickness, storms, and isolation make it challenging. 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