A Sailor's Lass

A newly illustrated edition with reader's notes for tricky words. Complete and unabridged.

A storm can steal a child’s home—but can it carry her to a new one? When a little girl named Tiny is rescued from the waves, she finds herself among a fisherman’s family who have troubles of their own.

Tiny watches the waves from the deck of a weather-beaten boat that is also her new home. At lonely Bermuda Point, she is welcomed by gruff old Coomber, his wary sons, and a mother who has little to spare. But Tiny’s brave heart and gentle faith begin to stir questions in the family—especially in Dick, who wonders whether anyone could care for a boy like him. Tiny is determined to find a book and discover the answer, though the village is smaller than she imagined, the sea still frightens her, and life at the Point is full of hard choices. Can Tiny bring hope to a family that has almost forgotten how to hope?

This complete and unabridged edition of A Sailor’s Lass includes reader’s notes for tricky words and tells the story of Tiny and the Coomber family.

At Wise Minds Press we believe the years between childhood and the teenage leap are a golden window: curiosity runs high, vocabulary explodes and a single page can spark a lifetime of possibility. We were those wide‑eyed readers once—hungry for challenge, eager to roam far‑flung worlds, and guided by parents and teachers who knew the right story could light the path ahead. Today we honor that legacy by bringing time‑tested classics to young readers complete and unabridged, with reader's notes for the tricky words, and original illustrations for Grades 4‑7 (Ages 9‑12).

Our mission is simple: to place in every young reader's hands a bridge to literature's greatest adventures, turning boundless imagination into confidence, empathy, and the readiness to write their own remarkable futures.