Daniel Robb, who grew up in the Cape Cod town of Woods Hole, home to the famed oceanography lab, decides to take a job as a live-in teacher at a residential school for troubled boys on Penikese, a tiny island off the coast of New Bedford. Having grown up in a sad home without a father's constant presence, Dan feels that he can give back and understand the eight boys, who are sent to Penikese for their last chance before being imprisoned in juvenile facilities. Dan and the other teachers immerse the boys in difficult physical labor (building a stone wall, fixing the primitive farm equipment, taking care of pigs) and also in reading and keeping journals. Their success is fleeting and transient, as, due to their rocky childhoods, most of the boys have settled into patterns of suspicion of any authority and mistrust of adults. But there are hard-won victories, and Dan himself learns about handling unrealistic expectations of himself and the boys. This is a balanced story of Dan's past and the boys' futures.… (més)
I read this to try and understand the things my husband is going through while making a sailboat for us from scratch. Many of the things, like time, I already understood. It was interesting to see another person's life and process - mostly it made me miss New England.
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http://shannonsbookbag.blogspot.com/2011/11/crossing-water-robb.html