Nightbirds on Nantucket
Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home to England. Instead, Captain Casket's ship lands in Nantucket, where Dido and the captain's daughter, Dutiful Penitence, are left in the care of Dutiful's sinister Aunt...
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Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home to England. Instead, Captain Casket's ship lands in Nantucket, where Dido and the captain's daughter, Dutiful Penitence, are left in the care of Dutiful's sinister Aunt Tribulation. In Tribulation's farmhouse, life is unbearable. When mysterious men lurk about in the evening fog, the resourceful Dido rallies against their shenanigans with help from Dutiful, a cabinboy named Nate, and a pink whale.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780395971857 (0395971853)
ASIN: 395971853
Publish date: October 25th 1999
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 218
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Mystery,
Alternate History
Series: The Wolves Chronicles (#3)
I bought this because: It had a pink edward gorey cover. featuring a whale. and the word "nantucket". the lightly wacky adventure inside was definitely worthy, for the character names alone.
The first Aiken I ever read. Interestingly, it’s one of the few novels in the series which I feel can really stand on its own–the complicated backstory of Dido and Simon and all the rest doesn’t come into it except very marginally. [Mar. 2010]
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