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True Spirit

The True Story of a 16-Year-Old Australian Who Sailed Solo, Nonstop, and Unassisted Around the World

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Publisher Description

*Now a Netflix film* The inspiring true story of Jessica Watson—an Australian teenager who set out to sail solo around the world!

On May 15, 2010, after 210 days at sea and more than 22,000 nautical miles, 16-year-old Jessica Watson sailed her 33-foot boat triumphantly back to land. She had done it. She was the youngest person to sail solo, unassisted, and nonstop around the world.

Jessica spent years preparing for this moment, years focused on achieving her dream. Yet only eight months before, she collided with a 63,000-ton freighter. It seemed to many that she’d failed before she’d even begun, but Jessica brushed herself off, held her head high, and kept going.

Told in Jessica’s own words, True Spirit is the story of her epic voyage. It tells how a young girl, once afraid of everything, decided to test herself on an extraordinary adventure that included gale-force winds, mountainous waves, hazardous icebergs, and extreme loneliness on a vast sea, with no land in sight and no help close at hand. True Spirit is an inspiring story of risk, guts, determination, and achievement that ultimately proves we all have the power to live our dreams—no matter how big or small.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2010
September 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
368
Pages
PUBLISHER
Atria Books
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
177.1
MB

Customer Reviews

jjbravata ,

Movie

The move is amazing. I can’t wait to get the book. What a true inspiration. Would love to see her blogs. Congratulations!! This changed your life on every way possible.

ozsoo ,

A gutsy dream come true!

I loved this book! Could not put it down & am exhausted (I feel like I sailed with Jessica!), exhilarated, inspired & optimistic. What a ride she took me on! Her honesty, integrity, grit & gutsy optimism shine through it all. The video clips & photos are a bonus treat…like canned mangos! Well done Jessica & wow, just wow! Your family is amazing, your support peeps sublime - thank you for the wild ride of sailing the “wildest stretch”!!

L. Barkley ,

True Spirit

I could say much and the common, however, the highest praise and the words I know Jessica would most appreciate are these: I can't wait to give a copy of this book to my granddaughter.

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