Arch of Bone
by Jane Yolen, Ruth Sanderson (illustrations)
Tachyon Publications
Children's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Middle Grade
I am reviewing a copy of Arch of Bone through Tachyon Publications and Netgalley:
Josiah Starbuck is a fourteen year old who dreams of joining the crew of a whaling ship someday, just like his father and his grandfather had. But when a ragged sailor arrives on his doorstep, Josiah’s world turns upside down.
The Sailor is named Ishmael, and he has terrible news: Josiah’s father, the first mate of the Pequod, is dead, along with the rest of the crew. Ishmael claims they were led to their doom by the mad Captain Ahab and Ahab’s hunt for the legendary white whale Moby-Dick.
But Josiah feels there is something more to his Fathers death, and he can’t understand how Ishmael survived when all the other crew died.
Grief-stricken, Josiah sets sail with his dog, Zeke, in order to find the truth of his father’s death. Can he and Zeke discover the secrets of the Pequod at the mysterious Arch of Bone?
I give Arch of Bone five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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