Russell, Rachel, and Rachael discuss our August challenge, books set by the beach or sea, and regrettably did not prepare any sea shanties.

Books we discuss include:

• “A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks” by David Gibbins
• “The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found” by Martin W. Sandler
• “Pirate Latitudes” by Michael Crichton
• “The Wreck of the Medusa” by Jonathan Miles
• “The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier” by Ian Urbina
• “Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter” by Lizzie Pook
• “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway
• “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck
• “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson
• “Peter & the Starcatchers” by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
• “Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive” by Laura Hillenbrand
• “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl
• “Earthsea Cycle” series by Ursula K. Le Guin
• “The Sea Wolf” by Jack London
• “And the Ocean Was Our Sky” by Patrick Ness
• “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel
• “Whalefall” by Daniel Kraus
• “Goosebumps: Deep Trouble” by R.L Stine
• “Fins: A Shark Incorporated Novel” by Randy Wayne White
• “Refugee” by Alan Gratz
• “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen
• Russell’s Sidetrack - “Woods Runner” by Gary Paulsen

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