Innocent Voyage
by Richard Hughes
Taste attributes: adventurefamilycomedydisasterfresh & originalwholesomelightsimplelinearbig & variedfish out of water/culture clashunlikely connectionsrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeAn expansive adventure novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
"After a terrible hurricane levels their Jamaican estate, the Bas-Thorntons decide to send their children back to the safety and comfort of England. On the way their ship is set upon by pirates, and the children are accidentally transferred to the pirate vessel. Jonsen, the well-meaning pirate captain, doesn't know how to dispose of his new cargo, while the children adjust with surprising ease to their new life.
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- Author
- Richard Hughes
- Published
- 1929
- Pages
- 283
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- Open Library
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