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A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas

by Abby Sunderland (Author), Lynn Vincent (Author) (edit contributors)

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The stirring narrative of Unsinkable tells sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland's remarkable true story of attempting to become the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world.

More people have flown into outer space than have sailed solo around the globe. It is a challenge so... read more

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  • “I had begun to think that dreams are meant to be no more than dreams and that in reality dreams don't come true. Then my brother (Zac) left on his trip. It was amazing to see all the support that he got from around the world and to see how everyone worked together to help make his dream reality. Watching him do this really made me believe that I could too.”
    Abby
  • “A lot of times the things that are most worth doing involve risk, and I'm living proof that not everything works out the way you planned. But I have learned an important truth: In stepping out and trying to achieve great things, the only way I can truly fail is never to try at all.”
    Abby
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  • In stepping out and trying to achieve great things, the only way I can truly fail is never to try at all.
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  • It seems like people my age are over-protected today. Even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don’t want to put them in a position to fail.
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  • it was little successes along the way that changed me, built my confidence, and helped me grow.
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  • The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability. A lot of people go to sea lukewarm about God and come back fiery believers. It happened to my brother, and now it had happened to me. In the cabin, I threw back my head and laughed out loud. “Thank you, God. Thank you!”
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  • You can go through tough circumstances and come out on top, but how you handle the in-between, that’s what makes you the person you are.
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  • After kids turn fourteen, they listen to their parents about 20 percent less every year.
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  • I have also learned that not succeeding isn’t necessarily the same thing as failure.
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  • When fear starts to flicker in your brain, you have to stop it quickly before it turns into something bad. As soon as you let your thoughts start racing down the road of what could happen, what might happen, fear can snatch you up and run away with you. Nothing good comes from that. Fear causes hesitation instead of decisive action.
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  • to encourage children and teens to step out into the real world, to abandon the electronic cages of Facebook, texting, and video games, and to aspire to achieve great things.
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  • When you’re surrounded by critics, it can be hard to remember your own goals and expectations; you start to judge yourself by what other people are saying.”
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"Look, Dad! A panga!" Abby called to Laurence as they made their approach to Isla Guadalupe off the western coast of Baja, California, the northernmost state in Mexico.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue: The Indian Ocean
1. Isle Guadalupe
2. Abby's Dream
3. Boat Hunting
4. Wild Eyes
5. Raceboat Refit
6. Critics and "Reality"
7. Fair Winds and Following Seas
8. Dolphins and Sunsets
9. Starting Over
10. Abby the Shellback
11. Around the Horn
12. Close Call
13. Tune-up and Refit
14. Going Up the Mast
15. Nightmare at Sea
16. Homecoming

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  1. Abby Sunderland (Author)
  2. Lynn Vincent (Author)

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Page Count: 220

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Reading Level: Adults

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