2001, New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
ISBN: 0375806644
166 pages
Annotation: A Twelve-year-old leaves after his mothers death to go to a life saving station hoping to get on the all-black crew in 1895.
Summary: In the late nineteenth century, Nathan Williams moves with his father and grandfather to a remote island, called Pea Island, after the death of his mother. This island is the Life-Saving Station of an all-black lifesaving team. He mingles with the crew members and learns many lifesaving techniques for saving people from the disasters that happen in the ocean. Nathan also finds interest in the stations small library, learning all he can. After he and his father help rescue a crew that lost their boat in a storm, Nathan becomes even more determined to be on the lifesaving team, despite his father’s discouragement for racial reasons. Nathan is seen as young doctor by those he rescues and is encouraged to become a black doctor to doctor those who need it. He understands what he must do and he and his father start saving for medical school, dollar by dollar.
Rank: 3.5 Stars-Interesting and enlightning.
