The Wretched Stone
In a story recounted through the daily log of Captain Allan Hope, the sailors aboard the Rita Anne become mesmerized and transformed by a mysterious glowing rock, and only music and books can restore them to normal.
In a story recounted through the daily log of Captain Allan Hope, the sailors aboard the Rita Anne become mesmerized and transformed by a mysterious glowing rock, and only music and books can restore them to normal.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780395533079 (0395533074)
Publish date: October 28th 1991
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
3.5 stars. I do love a good adventure-at-sea tale, and The Wretched Stone had that great salty feeling. I loved that the story was told in the form of a ship's log, and I loved that the language, while still being accessible to kids of today, set the story firmly in the heyday of full masted saili...
Happening upon an uncharted island, a ship's crew discovers and removes a strange, glowing stone. Soon all but the Captain are in thrall to its light. Can he save his men from their subhuman state?
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