Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
144th out of 187 books
—
140 voters
Red Sea
Fourteen-year-old Libby didn't want to go on a year long sailing adventure with her mother and her stepfather, Duncan, and she isn't about to let them forget it. Traveling through the Red Sea, Libby causes them to be late and make a dangerous crossing alone. When modern-day pirates attack, Duncan is killed and Libby's mother is left seriously injured and unconscious. Libby...more
Paperback, 169 pages
Published
September 1st 2005
by Orca Book Publishers
(first published January 1st 2005)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
85)
Jan 10, 2013
Karin
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
suspense-thriller,
sailing,
boats,
travel,
survival,
survivor,
families,
mothers,
mother-daughter-relationships,
stepfamilies,
teenagers,
divorce,
borrowed-from-the-library,
young-adult-fiction,
pirates,
violence,
murder,
storms,
dangerous-neighborhoods,
death-of-parent-or-parents,
coming-of-age,
self-destructive-tendencies,
self-discovery,
relationship-problems,
relationships,
bad-boys
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,
click here.
I would recommend the book Red Sea by Diane Tullson because it is filled with a lot of suspense. It has many predictions for the reader to discover and find out what will happen next. For example, Duncan says “I don’t expect any problems, but if you see anything and I mean anything come out of the ordinary, you are to come and wake me.” This quote is basically saying if anything goes wrong to go to them and let them know. It is as if something were to happen to them they would tell the person. S...more
Libby has been ripped from her social scene (think Jen from Dawson’s Creek: beer bash + older boyfriend = caught in flagre delicto) to spend the year sailing with her mother and stepfather Duncan. While restocking and waiting for favorable weather at Djibouti (a French territory in East Africa), Libby purposely lags behind on the morning of their departure, causing their boat to miss the launch of the flotilla. Alone in the Red Sea, they are attacked by modern day pirate who ravage the ship, mur...more
Written Review
Rating: R+
Grade: 7-11
Author: Diane Tullson
Title: Red Sea
Publisher: Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Copyright: 2005
Price 9.95
# ISBN-10: 1551433311
# ISBN-13: 978-1551433318
Reviewer: Jenn Good Date: 01/10/09
This book depicts a conflicted family on a year-long sailing trip about to begin a Red Sea passage. The protagonist is a resentful 14 year old girl. Libby would rather be at home with her best friend and boyfriend then on a sailing trip with her mother and stepfather. Libby is...more
Rating: R+
Grade: 7-11
Author: Diane Tullson
Title: Red Sea
Publisher: Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Copyright: 2005
Price 9.95
# ISBN-10: 1551433311
# ISBN-13: 978-1551433318
Reviewer: Jenn Good Date: 01/10/09
This book depicts a conflicted family on a year-long sailing trip about to begin a Red Sea passage. The protagonist is a resentful 14 year old girl. Libby would rather be at home with her best friend and boyfriend then on a sailing trip with her mother and stepfather. Libby is...more
Needed more pirates.
Jan 03, 2008
Nick R
added it
This was a unique book to read.The events in this book was crazy. When her step father got killed by those pirates, i was like oh my god.after that point i was expecting for the unexpected.
view 1 comment
This book is a quick, but exciting read. I would put it in the "youth struggles for maturity" group. It is a survival story with current day pirates.
Apr 30, 2013
Katbyrdie
marked it as to-read
Apr 29, 2013
karen
marked it as to-read
Jan 30, 2013
Saied Ayman
marked it as to-read
Dec 13, 2012
Deb Cooper
marked it as to-read
Nov 02, 2012
Amber-kaleb Hetzman
marked it as to-read
Oct 09, 2012
Brad
marked it as to-read
Sep 18, 2012
Kimberly Hass
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Diane Tullson is a professional writer. She has published several books for young adults and written for magazines such as Canadian Living and Westworld. She has an MFA in Creative Writing, BA in English Literature, and has studied journalism and editing. Diane Tullson lives with her family near Vancouver, BC.
More about Diane Tullson...
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
