Little Jane and the Nameless Isle

Little Jane and the Nameless Isle
Authors
Rotstein, Adira
Publisher
Napoleon and Co
Tags
young adult
ISBN
9781926607108
Date
2010-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.60 MB
Lang
en
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A tiny speck imprisoned in a world of white... This is an exciting adventure novel told through the eyes of eleven-year-old ships boy Jeremy. It is both history and fiction. The merchant ship Henrietta Maria has been trapped in the ice of Hudson Strait for two months. It is August 6, 1631, when she finally breaks free to search for a northwest passage. The crew knows that it must leave Hudson Bay by early October to avoid being caught in the ice for the winter. The ship is leaking badly and the crew is ravaged by scurvy. Finally, Captain James announces that they cannot make it back to Hudson Strait before freeze-up. With half the crew suffering from scurvy and even lacking boots, will anyone survive in this cold and desolate place?