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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780380718054
ISBN number: 0380718057
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: September 01, 1992
Publishing house: HarperCollins
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: September 01, 1992
Sale Popularity Level: 274736
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Tony can hardly believe it. He's sailing with the wind, maneuvering through the narrow channels between the offshore islands with amazing skill. And he'sjust learned to sail! But suddenly Tony is confused. Which way had he come? Which way is he headed? And who are the mysterious couple with the high powered motor boat who are to busy searching beneath the water to answer his call for help?
Tony does some searching on his own. What he discovers leads him on a daring hunt for a 200-year-old shipwreck... and a dangerous confrontation with treasure hunters who will stop at nothing to keep Tony from learning their secret.
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I have been reading WindCatcher for wiel now my opinion is that it is the best book ever! I hope yours is the same as mine. Theis are the reasons I like WindCatcher 1)if you don't like misteries this is not thebook for you but if you do you will get hooked like a fish on a hook because this is a mistery book fo sher. 2) if you like the water and tring to servive on it tihis is definitly the story for.It is just wating for you to get your paws on it so herry and get it there running out fast!!!
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Tony is an eleven year-old boy who saves up enough money to buy his own sailboat, in the hopes to find a legendary treasure near his grandmother's home on the Connecticut shore. Upon arrival, he learns from a girl named Chris how to sail. Out on his own, he comes across a mysterious couple who are diving for the treasure to steal it from the state. They suspiciously warn him to get away. Determined to find out just what they are diving for, Tony continues to follow them. While spying, he is found out, and runs away, to find his sailboat missing. Lost at sea, Tony goes through adventure and pain to get home. At the end he is found by the couple who bring him to his grandmother's house. This book definitely makes you want to continue reading it. Although Windcatcher is not a lengthy book, it is an easy and enjoyable read.
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Do you love adventure so much you would risk your life just for a thrill? In the historical fiction, Windcatcher, by Avi, the main character Tony Souza would.
Tony is an 11 year old boy who lives in 1990's Connecticut. He worked for a whole year delivering newspapers and now he could afford anything he wanted. But what should he get? The moment he laid his eyes on the Snark, he knew. A "Snark" is a mysterious, imaginary animal according to Tony's dictionary, and described his new sailboat perfectly. It was the perfect time of year to buy a sailboat, too. It was the beginning of summer and he had to go for a long, boring, 21 day stay at his grandmother's house along the shore. Learning to sail would help pass the time and would surely be an adventure right?
When Tony gets to his grandma's house, he meets some interesting people. Christina, is an expert sailour who gives Tony his very first few sailing lessons. During one of their lessons, Tony sees a couple with digging supplies. For some reason, this makes him uneasy and tries to find out what they're up to. What he finds is an unsolved mystery of a captain during the 1700's who was lost at sea along with a boat full of treasure. So adventure-loving Tony sets sail after the couple hoping to find out if they had discovered the long lost treasure. But an unexpected storm appears and throws Tony onto an island. Matters get worse when the couple kidnaps him from the island and try to get him even more lost for following them. How can Tony, an amateur sailor, find his way home alive?
I recommend this book to kids ages 10-13 who love historical fictions and adventures. I really enjoyed this book, but I wish it was a little longer. Windcatcher is a story about a boy seeking adventure and a way to save his life.
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Tony sees snark (boat)in the window of a shop tony beggs his grandma to buy it. But she said it has to be safe they go into the shop the shopkeeper says the boat is safe.Tony takes his saved money plus some of his grandmas money to buy the boat. Tonys friend chris knows how to sailChris teaches Tony how to navigate snark. the very first run chris gives tony the how to on sailing tny onthe way home lookes at the statue of captain littlejohn takes a real spyglass from his hand the last two practices are sucsessful he decides to go out on his own treasure hunters get mad at tony and find out what happens subsequent in the book WINDCATCHER!!!! Dee Dee Dee
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A summary on the Windcatcher is quite easy to tell because it's about a boy that has no tallent, so he thinks. One summer Matt longhand made three hundred dollars doing yard work and ect. Every thing he wanted to buy his parents said no. At very first he wanted to buy a gas powered scooter and his parents said it would be to dangerous. Until he saw a Sharktooth sail boat. That is where it all started. He took lessons from some girl down by his grandma's house. Then he becomes the very first one in his town to sail to the across the island and back.
Matt has short brown hair, tall and skinny and his mom has long blond hair, tall and skinny. His dad is tall, skinny with short brown hair and the trainer is tall skiny, with short blond hair.
My opinioin on this book is read it. it is a very good book. and the reason I read the book someone else told me to read it and I did. So if it wasn't good I wouldn't be writing this summary if it wasn't good.
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