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A High Wind in Jamaica (CSA Word) (CD-Audio)
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Short Description for A High Wind in JamaicaWritten in 1929, this is the gripping story of the Bas-Thornton children, whose parents send them to safety in England following a hurricane in the post-colonial Jamaica they call home. Their voyage turns from a peaceful farewell to their idyllic carefree lives to a perilous adventure when their ship is captured by pirates.
Full description- Publisher: CSA Word
- Published: 01 May 2012
- Format: CD-Audio 1 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Adventure
- ISBN 13: 9781906147822 ISBN 10: 1906147825
- Sales rank: 717,771
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Full description for A High Wind in Jamaica
Written in 1929, this is the gripping story of the Bas-Thornton children, whose parents send them to safety in England following a hurricane in the post-colonial Jamaica they call home. Their voyage turns from a peaceful farewell to their idyllic carefree lives to a perilous adventure when their ship is captured by pirates. The novel is often called one of the best of the 20th Century. Hughes was praised for his portrayal of children; they are subject to violence and not beyond committing terrible acts themselves, and in writing children without emotional reduction he paved the way for other masterworks as William Golding's Lord Of The Flies.
