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The Wreckers

By Iain Lawrence

By Iain Lawrence

By Iain Lawrence

By Iain Lawrence

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Part of The High Seas Trilogy

Part of The High Seas Trilogy

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Nov 09, 1999 | ISBN 9780440415459 | Middle Grade (10 and up) *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

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    About The Wreckers

    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.

    About The Wreckers

    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.

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    About Iain Lawrence

    Iain Lawrence is a journalist, travel writer, and avid sailor, and the author of many acclaimed novels, including Ghost Boy, The Skeleton Tree, Lord of the Nutcracker Men, and the High Seas Trilogy: The Wreckers, The Smugglers, andThe Buccaneers. He grew up moving all… More about Iain Lawrence

    About Iain Lawrence

    Iain Lawrence is a journalist, travel writer, and avid sailor, and the author of many acclaimed novels, including Ghost Boy, The Skeleton Tree, Lord of the Nutcracker Men, and the High Seas Trilogy: The Wreckers, The Smugglers, andThe Buccaneers. He grew up moving all… More about Iain Lawrence

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books | Children’s Middle Grade Historical Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Yearling
    Nov 09, 1999 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780440415459

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books | Children’s Middle Grade Historical Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Yearling
    Mar 16, 2011 | 224 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780307789013

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    Awards

    ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER 1999

    ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers WINNER 1999

    Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People WINNER 1999

    Maine Student Book Master List WINNER 1999

    Texas Lone Star Reading List WINNER 2000

    Arizona Young Readers Award NOMINEE 2001

    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award NOMINEE 2003

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