Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780439404365
ISBN number: 0439404363
Label: The Chicken House
Manufacturer: The Chicken House
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 160
Printing Date: November 01, 2002
Publishing house: The Chicken House
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 1390805
Studio: The Chicken House
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Jim Davis is an ordinary twelve-year-old boy whose life takes a terrifying turn when he stumbles upon a ring of bloodthirsty pirates.At first, Jim delights in the thrill and adventure of sailing the seas and living the life of an outlaw. But Marah, the fierce buccaneer who leads the pirates, proves to be more dangerous than Jim very first imagined. Will Jim find a way to escape from Marah ,or will he be lost at sea forever? Nearly 80 years after its original publication, John Masefield's classic tale has been brought back into print with an introduction by award-winning author Michael Morpurgo.
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If you like Robert Louis Stevenson, you will thoroughly enjoy Masefield's Jim Davis. I very first read this at age 14 (with some vocab help from dear old dad) and it remains one of the best books I have read in a long while. Being a history major and an english minor I found the prose of this book delightful and the historical significance astounding. If you are an adult who has read and re-read Stevenson too much and want the same genre but a different author/plot Jim Davis is the novel for you. If you have a child whom you wish to turn onto fine literature Jim Davis will grab your child's imagination and illustrate a grand adventure of pirates, smugglers, soldiers and gypsies for it. Any child (old or young) can relate to the stories narrator, this is a jewel of English literature. Another great Stevenson alternate is J. Meade Falkner's Moonfleet, it is a bit of an easier read than Jim Davis, but contains just as much adventure.
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This story is set in early 19th century Devon, during the Napoleonic Wars. The narrator is a boy in his early teens, who by chance and high spirits falls in with a gang of smugglers bringing contraband by sea from France to England. It's a fast-moving story, in the tradition of R. L. Stevenson, and a good look at the history of the period along England's south coast too.
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It is appropriate for anyone who loves action and adventure
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