Two Terrific Tales

By Amelia Morris

I am going to write about two awesome stories I read. I will compare and contrast, “Across the Wide Dark Sea” by Jean Van Leeuwen and  “Yunmi and Halimoni’s Trip” by Sook Nyul Choi.

There are some similarities in these two amazing stories. Both stories were very exciting to read. First of all, Yunmi and the boy both traveled long distances. Both traveled with family and friends.In both stories, the main characters were children. In both stories, they felt sad at times. In both stories, the main characters were both nervous and excited when they started traveling.

Although both stories have a lot of similarites, there are specific differences. In “Yunmi and Halimoni’s Trip” Yunmi and Halimoni take a trip to visit her cousins. In “Across the Wide Dark Sea” the boy and his family take a voyage to a new land. In “Yunmi and Halimoni’s Trip” their trip took fourteen and a half hours. In “Across the Wide Dark Sea” their trip took nine weeks. In “Yunmi and Halimoni’s Trip” they took a plane. ” Yunmi settled into her airplane seat……”(145). In “Across the Wide Dark Sea” they took a boat.”Our ship began to move”(113). In “Yunmi and Halimoni’s Trip” Yunmi and Halimoni live in New York. In “Across the Wide Dark Sea” the boy lived in England. In “Yunmi and Halimoni’s Trip” Yunmi had plenty of food.

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“They loaded all their food and drinks into the large vans they had rented”(155). In “Across the Wide Dark Sea”, the family did not have enough food.”There was nothing to eat but hard biscuits and cheese.”(191)

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In conclusion, both stories were very exciting to read. I enjoyed that the stories were very inspiring. My favorite book was “Across the Wide Dark Sea” because he went through all that survival.