SuitabookDetermination and capability
Lucy pursues a difficult Atlantic crossing despite other people laughing, prepares with help and faces demanding conditions alone at sea.
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Alastair Humphreys - Author
This is an ocean adventure about attempting something others doubt, preparing carefully, coping with difficult conditions and discovering capability. It also brings ocean wildlife and pollution into the story through Lucy’s classmates.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is an ocean adventure about attempting something others doubt, preparing carefully, coping with difficult conditions and discovering capability. It also brings ocean wildlife and pollution into the story through Lucy’s classmates.
Lucy pursues a difficult Atlantic crossing despite other people laughing, prepares with help and faces demanding conditions alone at sea.
Lucy travels alone, while her family helps prepare the boat and school friends follow her progress from afar.
Lucy’s classmates learn about the ocean and its wildlife, including pollution, while the voyage includes seabirds, a humpback whale and other ocean encounters.
Mention that the journey includes seasickness, storms, a very sore bottom, close encounters with ships and a humpback whale.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: another book-specific source is still needed; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.