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"It is about a girl named September and she has a little brother. Their mother is dead and they live on a boat with their dad, away from mainland. They are saving up money to build a boat named after the mother. The dad has to leave for work (fisherman of sorts, i think to alaska) and the kids decide to go to the mainland without supervision. The siblings get in an argument about a sailor’s saying “red sky at morning sailors warning” versus “red sky at night sailors delight.” because they were arguing about the weather they get stuck in the mainland. also at some point they go to a shake shack and try french fries"