Books with title The Turning Tide

On their way to find their father, twins Jacqueline (Jacq) and Alexandria (Alex) are attacked by a notorious pirate, Captain Ming. After Jacq is kidnapped and Alex narrowly escapes, she takes it upon herself to try and get her sister back. However, out of her element, Alex must turn to and rely on the person she despises most – Jacq’s friend, Miata. Yet, as they race against time, she finds Miata may have more to offer than she gives him credit for.Stranded aboard a ship of pirates, Jacq has a choice to make. Her pirate captor gives her an ultimatum, wanting her to join his crew for reasons unknown. Still, with the encouragement of some unexpected allies, Jacq is determined to retrieve what was stolen from her and escape.As the girls struggle with their plights, they are forced to question who they are and what they believe in. They discover that sometimes all it takes is determination or a change of perspective to bring about a Turning of the Tides.

Like many impoverished children living in the slums of New York around the turn of the twentieth century, Margaret Kendall has faced more than her fair share of adversity in life. When a series of remarkable coincidences and events serve to reunite her with her mother, she is certain that her problems are over. But her new life back home comes with its own set of challenges and conflicts. Will this spunky protagonist be able to navigate the pitfalls of family life?

Does he belong to the land or to the sea?Readers who loved Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Echo will be transported to the place where the water and land meet in this exquisitely crafted coming-of-age tale about a selkie boy.Aran has never truly fit in with his selkie clan. He was born in his human form, without a pelt to transform him into a sleek, strong seal. Each day he waits, left behind while his selkie family explores the deep ocean. What if his pelt never comes? Does the Moon even see him? Is he putting his clan at risk?When his mother undertakes a journey to the far north to seek help, Aran is left in the care of a reclusive human woman on remote Spindle Island. Life on land is full of more wonders—and more dangers—than Aran could have ever imagined. Soon Aran will be forced to decide: will he fight for his place on land, or return to his home in the sea?

The Turn Of The Tide CHAPTER I Margaret had been home two hours--two hours of breathless questions, answers, tears, and laughter--two hours of delighted wandering about the house and grounds. In the nursery she had seen the little woolly dog that lay on the floor just as she had left it five years before; and out on the veranda steps she had seen the great stone lions that had never quite faded from her memory. And always at her side had walked the sweet-faced lady of her dreams, only now the lady was very real, with eyes that smiled on one so lovingly, and lips and hands that kissed and caressed one so tenderly. "And this is home--my home?" Margaret asked in unbelieving wonder. "Yes, dear," answered Mrs. Kendall. "And you are my mother, and I am Margaret Kendall, your little girl?" "Yes." "And the little dog on the floor--that was mine, and--and it's been there ever since?" "Yes, ever since you left it there long ago. I--I could not bear to have any one move it, or touch it." "And I was lost then--right then?" "No, dear. We traveled about for almost a year. You were five when I lost you." Mrs. Kendall's voice shook. Unconsciously she drew Margaret into a closer embrace. Even now she was scarcely sure that it was Margaret--this little maid who had stepped so suddenly out of the great silence that had closed about her four long years before.

Elijah Kellogg, Jr. (May 20, 1813 – March 17, 1901) was an American Congregationalist minister, lecturer and author of popular boy's adventure books. Kellogg began writing children's books in the 1860s. Whispering Pine Series - The Spark of Genius; or, The College Life of James Trafton (1871) - The Sophomores of Radcliffe; or, James Trafton and His Bosom Friends (1871) - The Whispering Pine; or, the Graduates of Radcliffe Hall (1872) - Winning His Spurs; or, Henry Morton's First Trial (1872) - The Turning of the Tide; or, Radcliffe Rich and His Patients (1873) - A Stout Heart; or, the Student From Over the Sea (1873)