A High Wind In Jamaica
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781446433980 (1446433986)
ASIN: B0050OLF8W
Publish date: June 30th 2011
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Pirates
if i really have to judge or rate or whatever, it might be a four star book.I don't think this is a book for children, I don't think so. It's story about children, but I'm not sure I'd want my future-children to read it though they might enjoy it tremendously. For one thing, the book doesn't infanti...
This is a weird and disturbing book. Too much so for me to be honest, which is what loses it a fifth star, because I can't quite give it that accolade even though I recognize the craft behind what Hughes did. It's a story about a group of children, but this is not children's fiction. The original ti...
3.5 stars. An odd & fairly riveting mix of innocence & fun amid the macabre & inhumane. It's also a fascinating study of being civilized vs. uncivilized (in respect to children vs. adults, 'civilized' folks vs. pirates, etc...), moral vs. amoral, & thoughts/perceptions vs. reality. It can be read as...
Narrator.................. Michael MaloneyAbr/Unabr............. Unabridged# Of MP3 Files......... 6Total Runtime......... 6 Hours 13 MinsI feel this needs a warning because of the way others have shelved this. THIS IS NOT A CHILDREN'S BOOK it is a dark story where children are the focused cha...
I should re-read this book, I'm sure it would be worth it, though my memories are very faint, I was some 14 when I read it.
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