King's Shilling, The
Will be published approx. on 15. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
150 pages
978-1-55380-526-7 (ISBN)
Description
"This novel for young readers or young adults is about Duncan Scott, who is also the protagonist in David Starr's earlier novel, The Nor'Wester. In this new novel, set in 1810, Duncan returns to England to search for his sister, and learns that she is staying with Elizabeth Fry, but before he can find her he is press-ganged into the Royal Navy and is sent off to fight, first, the Russians in the Baltic and then the French in the Mediterranean. He escapes in the Mediterranean and swims to shore in Sicily and then buys a small boat which he sails with a shipmate to Malta. From there he returns to England to meet up with his sister and Elizabeth Fry. It turns out that Elizabeth Fry has been helping his sister, and he learns about Fry's good work."--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Seventh Grade, Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
275 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55380-526-7 (9781553805267)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
DAVID STARR is a prize-winning author of four previous books. In his previous novel, The Nor'Wester, he told Duncan's story of joining the North West Company and being sent to join Simon Fraser on his epic 1808 voyage by canoe down the Fraser to the Pacific. David Starr is a high school principal who lives in Coquitlam, B.C.