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The Wreckers
Written by Iain Lawrence
Narrated by Ron Keith
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
There was once a village off the coast of Cornwall, England where people were so poor that they prayed for shipwrecks. They made their living by salvaging food and clothing from the wreckage. Some of them were evil and lit fires during a storm to lure ships onto the rocks. Then these "wreckers" made sure that no one survived the wrecks, so there would be no witnesses to their crimes. One stormy night in 1799, 14-year-old John Spencer was unfortunate enough to be on his father's ship when the wreckers did their worst. As John hid on the shore, he saw his shipmates murdered by these ruthless scavengers. Trapped in a strange land with no idea of whom to trust, he faced the most terrifying challenge of his life. The spell-binding excitement of a swashbuckling adventure, and the wrenching moral conflict of a Dickens novel delightfully converge in this critically-acclaimed debut novel. Ron Keith's exceptional narration ensures readers nonstop entertainment in the classic tradition. The Wreckers was chosen by Booklist as a Young Editors' Choice and by the New York Public Library as a title for reading and sharing.
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Reviews for The Wreckers
Rating: 3.684210447368421 out of 5 stars
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76 ratings6 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Written in 1998, it has the feel of a classic young teen adventure tale. Set in 1799 on the English coast, a 14 year old has a violent adventure after a shipwreck. Inspired by Treasure Island.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5High interest adventure. Historical language a little rough as well.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Robert H. - I liked this book a lot, but there were some parts where Lain Lawrence had too much detail. Also, since the book was in an older time there was older language too and sometimes I couldn't understand the word. The book has a great plot, and there is some suspence in it. One example was in the beginning when John, the main character, was being hunted down by a mob of people.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting book, that I think would be good for middle schoolers or late elementary school. has a lot of death and treachery that they might not understand.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5There was a boy that was on the shore because of a Wrecked ship and he had to get away because all the survivors were killed so that the people who lived on the coast got all the money and wine and all the stuff that floated ashore from the wreckage.This book is a good read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A series and entertaining book about the practice that did exist of villages luring boats ashore to plunder them.