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Gr 5-9 This sequel to The Wreckers (1998) and The Smugglers (1999, both Delacorte) is another fast-paced, swashbuckling maritime adventure in the tradition of Robert Louis Stevenson, and another sure winner. John Spencer, now 17, is sailing aboard the schooner Dragon to Jamaica. Although his father has warned him of pirates and cannibals, John is hardly prepared for the harrowing series of events that seem to begin when the ship picks up a mysterious seaman adrift in a lifeboat. Is Horn a curse or a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Third in the High Seas Trilogy, this volume matches its predecessors (The Wreckers, rev. 7/98; The Smugglers, rev. 5/99) for edge-of-the-seat adventure and feats of derring-do. John Spencer, the narrator, is now sixteen and sailing from England to the Caribbean on his father's trading ship, the Dragon. A few days out of port, the crew rescues a mysterious, powerfully built sailor called Horn who signs the ship's roster with a picture of an albatross, confirming suspicions that he may be a "Jonah"—tho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More