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Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 1998 · Est. 5 hour read
The Wreckers
Written by Iain Lawrence
Part of the High Seas Trilogy series
A shipwreck survivor must escape a village that thrives on destruction.
3.6/5 Goodreads · 1,409 ratings
224 pages· 45,379 words· Est. 5 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
On Cornwall's treacherous coast, a village thrives on shipwrecks, luring vessels to their doom. When 14-year-old John Spencer survives the wreck of The Isle of Skye, he faces a deadly challenge: escape the wreckers who prey on the sea's victims. Can he outwit a community that sees him as their next prize, or will he become another lost soul in their sinister tradition? John's survival hinges on his courage and cunning in this gripping tale of danger and escape.
From the publisher
There was once a village bred by evil. On the barren coast of Cornwall, England, lived a community who prayed for shipwrecks, a community who lured storm-tossed ships to crash upon the sharp rocks of their shore. They fed and clothed themselves with the loot salvaged from the wreckage; dead sailors’ tools and trinkets became decorations for their homes. Most never questioned their murderous way of life. Then, upon that pirates’ shore crashed the ship The Isle of Skye. And the youngest of its crew members, 14-year-old John Spencer, survived the wreck. But would he escape the wreckers? This is his harrowing tale.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- Words
- 45,379
- Reading age
- 10–14
- Audience
- Young Adult
- Lexile
- 640L
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