Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

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Despite suffering unspeakable hardships with fellow orphan Marty, Arthur ends up becoming a master-boat builder. He builds a yacht for his daughter Allie, in which she wants to sail to England in search of Kitty, her father’s long-lost sister. This was the first book i ever remember loving. I read it when i was ten and up until I was 13 (when i read the hunger games) it was my faveourite book. Its what really got me into books, i alwaysliked reading but i didnt realise until then i could fall in love with characters, care about their journies as much as my own-sometimes even more so- hate their enemies, love their friends. It was a truly amazing book.

It is indeed delightful to him to walk to church together with devout companions, and to take part in the mass prayer in which old men and women, and children, loving friends and foes, smart young men and gay maidens –all kneel together in prayer to God, great Father. Alone On A Wide Wide Sea was written by Michael Morpurgo, adapted for Radio 2 by Ian McMillan and stars Jason Donovan, Olivia Beardsley and Toby Jones.When Allie is ten, she extracts from Arthur a promise that the two of them will sail to England to find Kitty. Arthur and Zita tell her she must wait until she is 18, but in the meantime, Arthur makes her a toy boat, named the Kitty. As Allie grows and begins to sail recreationally, Arthur makes her larger and larger boats, named Kitty II and III. As Allie approaches her 18th birthday, Arthur builds the Kitty IV, a seagoing vessel. But as they launch the boat, Arthur collapses. He is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and as he dies, he finishes telling his story to Allie, who writes it all down. I should start at the beginning, I know that. But the trouble is that I don’t know the beginning. I wish I did.” ~ Michael Morpurgo

The word “morrow morn” means next morning, while the meaning of “And is of sense fortorn” means that the Wedding-Guest has been forsaken by his power of judging; or, and was out of his senses. This journey was so heartfelt. Sometimes I doubted that they would ever find Kitty, but see for yourself. All the questions are clear. With Aunty Megs, Arthur and Marty had learned building yachts, and now they were building bigger yachts and boats. They would go for trials on the sea and soon came to love it. The mariner repeats that he who loves great and small creatures most sincerely prays to God most earnestly. For the dear God loves all of us. Having made all the creatures, he loves all equally. This book is a gem. Michael Morpurgo, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! These 'thank you's can never be enough!My favourite part is when Allie decides to depart on the journey by herself. I think this shows how determined she is and how much potential she has, (212) I thought that making a girl the hero of a book was a good idea because it shows that girls are sometimes stronger than boys. But girls are strong in their heart but not as strong physically. It made me really sad when Arthur's friend Wes dies (74). I thought about all the young adults fighting to death in WW2 to protect their countries.