She has her parent’s permission, however, and resists her fellow crewmembers’ complaints enough such that she gets herself involved in the trip, whether they like it or not.Īfter the crew make the necessary repairs to The Wanderer where it’s stationed in Connecticut, they get on their way towards England. The otherwise all-male crew is reluctant to let Sophie join because they think that, because she’s a girl, she’ll cramp the manly vibes of their trip, and that she’s not cut out physically and emotionally for the hard work and potential dangers involved in sailing a ship. Sophie wants to join them on the trip, partly because of her desire to get out on the open seas, but also to see Bompie, who everyone thinks is nearing the end of his life. Sophie’s three uncles- Dock, Mo, and Stew-and her cousins Brian and Cody are planning to take a trip across the ocean in Dock’s boat (“The Wanderer”) to see Bompie, Sophie’s grandfather, who lives in England. Sophie feels instinctually pulled to the ocean, yet from the beginning of the book we get the sense that there’s also something very troubling and dangerous about her relationship with the water-she fears it, to some extent. In it, a massive, lethal wave looms over Sophie, and right before it’s about to fall upon her and destroy her, she wakes up. The Wanderer begins with Sophie describing how the ocean is calling her, and her intense longing to get out on the open seas, but this admiration and passion for the ocean is quickly undercut when she recounts a nightmare she’s had.
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