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  <title><![CDATA[We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Swallows and Amazons, #7)]]></title>
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  <default_description>In this latest adventure (following Pigeon Post, winner of the Carnegie Medal), the Walker family has come to Harwich to wait for Commander Walker's return. As usual, the children can't stay away from boats, and this time they meet young Jim Brading, skipper of the well-found sloop Goblin. But fun turns to high drama when the anchor drags, and the four young sailors find themselves drifting out to sea - sweeping across to Holland in the midst of a full gale! As in all of Ransome's books, the emphasis is on self-reliance, courage, and resourcefulness. We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea is a story to warm any mariner's heart. Full of nautical lore and adventure, it will appeal to young armchair sailors and season&lt;br&gt; sailors alike.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1937</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Godine Storyteller)</original_title>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book again this weekend for three reasons: 1) I needed some fiction, 2) I have been in some tough weather scrapes recently with my little boat and 3) I wanted to remember how John and his siblings handled their weather situations.<br/><br/>This is an amazing book. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Arthur Ransome" title=" Arthur Ransome"> Arthur Ransome</a> sets ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10849347">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found and read the Swallows and Amazons series in my early 20s. I am only sorry I did not find them earlier.  Stories of the family's summer adventures are beautifully written, and encourage responsible and creative living.  Self reliance, intelligent reasoning skills, and strong imagination with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41531804">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another engaging adventure story by this author, although the nautical vocabulary can be a challenge for those of us who are not sailors.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you only read one of the series, this is the one. Then you start at the beginning ;-) <br/><br/>A great yarn about a quartet of brave and resource kids who ride out a massive North Sea storm in a borrowed boat after the ship's master disappears and the tide takes them -- you guessed it -- out t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33350830">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 21 08:12:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are looking for an easy yet intriguing read, then you've found them here. The whole series contain stories about four children and their imaginative travels...kind of like the chronicles of narnia but slightly more down to earth, and lots of fun. They made me laugh a lot, and helped me to see...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33424325">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Plenty of great nautical adventure, again. Would have given it five stars, but for my occasional annoyance at Susan for being an old-fashioned worrywart (my head tells me it's a typical portrayal from the 1930s - my heart tells me it's unfair and stupid).]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite book in the series after Swallows &amp; Amazons. An on-the-edge-of-your seat, genuinely scary adventure tale for children and adults. ]]></body>
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