The Smugglers: High Seas Trilogy, cartea 02
Autor Iain Lawrenceen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2000 – vârsta de la 8 până la 12 ani
This is an ominous introduction to the schooner John is about to be entrusted with for a voyage to London. But he's too charmed by the pretty Dragon to heed the advice. The ship looks clever and quick, and John can hardly wait to sail her. She was a smugglers' vessel once, but now she's his Dragon, and she'll proudly carry wool for honest trade.
But soon John will be forced to consider the gentleman's warning. And to wonder what he really knows about his bonny crew.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780440415961
ISBN-10: 0440415969
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 133 x 195 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Yearling Books
Seria High Seas Trilogy
ISBN-10: 0440415969
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 133 x 195 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Yearling Books
Seria High Seas Trilogy
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Notă biografică
Iain Lawrence is a journalist, travel writer, and avid sailor.
Extras
I fetched a lantern and went right to the depths of the ship, where water, brown and fetid, slurped among the timbers. I went through the darkness in a circle of light, frightening cockroaches into shelter, hearing the groans and creaks of the hull as it worked. The places where I had to go were small and cramped, and I slithered through them as the lantern made the shadows zoom and tilt.
And someone came behind me.
When I stopped, he was silent. When I moved, so did he. I heard a faint creaking of wood as he crept up, closing the distance. He was quiet as a cat. And suddenly I felt a hand touch my shoulder. I cried out, startled, as he pushed me down against the hull.
"You're in danger, boy," said he.
I tried to lift myself, to turn and see him, but the sailor held me down.
"Watch yourself," he said. "There's one aboard who'll kill you."
"Who?"
For a moment I only heard him breathing. He said, "The one who seems least likely."
"But who?" I asked again.
He pressed harder on my shoulder. "He'll want the dead man's secrets. See you keep them safe."
"Who are you?" I asked.
"A man you never saw." And then the hand was gone.
From the Hardcover edition.
And someone came behind me.
When I stopped, he was silent. When I moved, so did he. I heard a faint creaking of wood as he crept up, closing the distance. He was quiet as a cat. And suddenly I felt a hand touch my shoulder. I cried out, startled, as he pushed me down against the hull.
"You're in danger, boy," said he.
I tried to lift myself, to turn and see him, but the sailor held me down.
"Watch yourself," he said. "There's one aboard who'll kill you."
"Who?"
For a moment I only heard him breathing. He said, "The one who seems least likely."
"But who?" I asked again.
He pressed harder on my shoulder. "He'll want the dead man's secrets. See you keep them safe."
"Who are you?" I asked.
"A man you never saw." And then the hand was gone.
From the Hardcover edition.
Recenzii
"Readers who devoured The Wreckers will be eager to dig into this seafaring sequel."--Booklist, Starred
"A corking good nautical adventure."--The Horn Book Magazine
"[To] be devoured in a single sitting."--The Bulletin
"Full of vivid descriptions that are swarming with historical detail."--Kirkus Reviews
"A corking good nautical adventure."--The Horn Book Magazine
"[To] be devoured in a single sitting."--The Bulletin
"Full of vivid descriptions that are swarming with historical detail."--Kirkus Reviews
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"Steer clear of that ship", warns the mysterious gentleman who shares the coach to Dover with John Spencer and his father. "Death she'll bring you", says the gentleman. "It's the way of a ship that was christened with blood".
This is an ominous introduction to the schooner John is about to be entrusted with for a voyage north of London. But he's too charmed by the pretty Dragon to heed the advice. The ship looks clever and quick, and John, at the eager age of sixteen, can hardly wait to sail her. She was a smugglers' vessel once, but that was in the past. Now she's the Spencers' Dragon, and she will proudly carry wool for honest trade.
But soon John is forced to consider the gentleman's warning. Could a ship that's seen a smuggling run truly be spoiled for anything else? And what does John really know about his bonny crew? This rousing nautical adventure is full of danger and surprise.
Descriere
Charles Dickens meets Robert Louis Stevenson in this atmospheric story of heroes and villains that revolves around a young man who voyages to London aboard an ominous ship that was once a smuggling vessel. From the author of "The Wreckers". An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.