In this fact-based adventure, Takashi, a young Japanese boy is shanghaied aboard the Sindia, a sailing ship bound for New York in 1901. As the Sindia heads for Cape Horn, Takashi's love of sailing overcomes his homesickness and the hardships of a long journey... but nothing could prepare him for the climactic conclusion of his voyage along the Atlantic coast. This is a fictional adventure story based on an actual shipwreck that occurred off the New Jersey Shore. 
 Illustrated, with nautical glossary, and a historical account with photographs of the actual shipwreck.

Takashi's Voyage: The Wreck of the Sindia

Children's Books

Lucinda Hathaway

Action & Adventure

Down The Shore Publishing

Book by Mary Ann Devine, Lucinda Hathaway

Float Plan: Study Guide for Use With Takashi's Voyage

Education & Teaching

Mary Ann Devine

Studying & Workbooks

After being shanghaied aboard the bark Sindia and surviving a shipwreck on the New Jersey Shore, a twelve-year old Japanese boy finds himself thousands of miles from his home and family -- alone on the bustling docks of New York City. The year is 1901, and Takashi has made his way to New York's South Street Seaport, determined to find passage home. Our resilient young hero's adventure continues in this sequel to Takashi s Voyage. Set in a changing world -- the end of the age of tall ships -- Takashi becomes the cabin boy on the Astral, and begins another voyage, this one hopefully taking him home at last. The book includes a nautical glossary, a cookie recipe, and an author's note about the difference between fact and fiction in a historical novel.

'Round the World: Takashi Sails Home

Literature & Fiction

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