Clearing Weather (eBook)

Cornelia Meigs (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
336 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-83128-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Set in a Massachusetts village shortly after the Revolution, this Newbery Honor winner centers on a teen's attempts to save his uncle's failing shipyard and his two-year seafaring adventure to the Caribbean and China.

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Young Nicholas Drury has his hands full between looking after his ailing uncle and tending to the family business, a Massachusetts shipyard. Since the recent end of the Revolutionary War, shipbuilding is in decline and everyone in the town of Brascombe is feeling the economic pinch. Just as Nicholas is on the verge of giving up and declaring bankruptcy, he notices footprints in his backyard that lead him to new friends, a dangerous secret, and a plan to restore the community's fortunes.This Newbery Honor–winning novel for young readers recaptures the nation's anxious mood in the years that followed its newly won independence. The tale of an entire town pulling together and pitching in to build a great trading ship echoes the spirit of the American Revolution, and its account of the vessel's two-year adventure to the Caribbean and China reflects the young country's growing engagement with the wider world. Numerous atmospheric black-and-white illustrations add to the story's historical flavor.

Autor

Children's author Cornelia Meigs (1884–1973) was an English teacher as well as a historian and critic of children's literature. Her 1933 biography of Louisa May Alcott, Invincible Louisa, won the Newbery Medal, and her three Newbery Honor books include The Windy Hill, which is also available from Dover.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.6.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 23 g
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
• Schlagworte: action • Adventure • american historical fiction • Bankruptcy • books for kids • Caribbean • Childrens literature • China • Colonial America • Danger • easy to read, Newbery • Family Business • International Trade • Invincible Louisa • Juvenile Fiction • Massachusetts • Miegs • Native Americans • Nautical • newberry • newberry medal • newbery • privateers • Revolutionary War • Sailing • Sails • sea voyages • Secrets • Shipbuilding • Ships • shipyards • Windy Hill • YA • Young Adult
• ISBN-10: 0-486-83128-0 / 0486831280
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-83128-2 / 9780486831282