The Great Wide Sea
Introduction '''The Great Wide Sea''', book cover. '''The Great Wide Sea''' is a novel by M. H. Herlong, published by  Puffin in 2010.The story pits father against son, and brothers against nature in what the School Library Journal calls "an engrossing, suspenseful tale of survival" at sea.
Reception ''The Great Wide Sea'' received the following accolades:* 2009, Texas Lone Star Reading List book* 2010, American Library Association, listed in the top ten Best Books for Young Adults* 2010, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award nominee* 2011, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award nomineeFurthermore, ''The Great Wide Sea'' has been named to "top young adult" reading lists for middle school and high school students in New Mexico, Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Illinois, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. The Times-Picayune called it one of the best debut novels of the year.
References
External links *  Homepage of ''The Great Wide Sea''