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National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Xiaolu Guo recasts Ishmael as a 17-year-old girl disguised as a cabin boy and Ahab as a Black freedman named Seneca, haunted by his father’s legacy of enslavement.
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Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
6 Jan. 2026
This French girl is said to have disguised herself as a cabin boy to sail with her beloved to North America.
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Jack Schnedler,
Arkansas Online,
19 May 2025
One of the cabin boys who worked by the fishing docks told my sister about a handy trick to save on quarters during pinball play.
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Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2023
One day, captured by the wicked pirate Peg Leg Olle, Mo bumps into a resourceful young cabin boy, Hannes, and his pet bird.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 May 2023
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Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
6 Jan. 2026
This French girl is said to have disguised herself as a cabin boy to sail with her beloved to North America.
—
Jack Schnedler,
Arkansas Online,
19 May 2025
One of the cabin boys who worked by the fishing docks told my sister about a handy trick to save on quarters during pinball play.
—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2023
One day, captured by the wicked pirate Peg Leg Olle, Mo bumps into a resourceful young cabin boy, Hannes, and his pet bird.
—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 May 2023
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“Cabin boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabin%20boy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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