Atlantic Ocean

True North

By Kathryn Lasky

14 yo white Bostonian girl helps an African American runaway slave girl, told in alternating points of view.

By Holling C. Holling

History of America at sea, with a special emphasis on the New England whaling industry

By Scott O'Dell

16 yo Spanish seminarian travels to New World and encounters the Maya. First in Seven Serpents Trilogy

By Sid Fleischman

12 yo boy travels to CA to seek his fortune during the Gold Rush. He and his butler companion have many humorous encounters and adventures.

By Marguerite Higgins

Fictionalized life of John C. Fremont’s wife, daughter of a prominent senator, supporter of her explorer husband, and editor of his field notes.