The Wreckers (High Seas Trilogy) |
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Iain Lawrence
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Pages: 224 (Paperback)
Reading Level: Young Adult
ISBN: 0440415454
Pub: Yearling Books
Pub date: 1999-12
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1402619
Reader Reviews:
Great adventure and suspense (3/3 people found this helpful)
If you're a fan of Treasure Island (and who isn't), you'll enjoy this book. As a YA novelist, I read a large number of books for ages 10-16, and this ranks among my top 5 fav for 1998. Lawrence starts with a great concept--the fact that people used to deliberately cause shipwrecks in order to pillage their cargo--and develops an exciting plot around it, with interesting characters. He keeps you guessing as to who is "good" and "evil" and doesn't resort to simplistic answers to that question. The book includes historical explanation on the practice of "wrecking". A sure thing for reluctant readers.
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