Editorial reviews:
Booklist Starred Review
“convincing, compelling, and ultimately moving”
Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books — Recommended
“characters are “exceptionally well developed”
Horn Book
“superhuman struggle against wind and wave”
KLIATT
“adventure tale full of peril”
The Times-Picayune
“unforgettably beautiful”
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune
“tension and suspense . . . riveting”
School Library Journal
“an engrossing, suspenseful tale of survival”
Midwest Book Review
“A riveting story.”
Nominations:
Best Books for Young Adults 2010
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award 2010
Maine Student Book Award 2009-2010
Reader reviews:
Jill Bellomy—Bellomy Book Buzz
“Gripping adventure… I loved these boys.”
Greg Neri – Author of Chess Rumble and Surf Mules
“The best book I have read in the past year.”
Marian H. Griffin – Director West Melbourne Public Library Brevard County Libraries
“This is the best YA book I have ever read.”
Mrs. D. – Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, Boone, and Callaway Counties, Missouri
“Mrs. D. recommends The Great Wide Sea . . . because we all need to learn how to forgive.”
Lists:
ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2010
2009 Texas Lone Star Reading List
Kansas State Reading Circle 2009 Recommended Reading List
Vermont’s Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Master List 2009-2010