Voyage of Slaves (Castaways of the Flying Dutchman Series #3)

by Brian Jacques

Overview

From the writer of the immensely succesful and imaginative Redwall series.

Adrift in the Mediterranean, Ben and his loyal dog Ned — cursed by an avenging angel to roam the earth foreve — fall into the clutches of a slaver, and have no one to rely on but each other in their quest for freedom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780441015283
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/28/2007
Series:	Castaways of the Flying Dutchman Series , #3
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	4.24(w) x 6.76(h) x 0.85(d)
Lexile:	800L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 - 12 Years

About the Author

Brian Jacques (www.redwallabbey.com) was born in Liverpool in 1939. He left school at age fifteen and found work as a docker, a truck driver, a policeman and a stand-up comic, all before turning his attention to writing. He wrote his first novel, Redwall, for the children at a school for the blind in Liverpool. Since 1986, his descriptive style of writing has captivated readers from age 8 to 80. His books have won international awards and acclaim and have been made into a TV series.

Date of Birth:

June 15, 1939

Date of Death:

February 5, 2011

Place of Birth:

Liverpool, England

Place of Death:

Liverpool, England

Education:

St. John¿s School, Liverpool, England

Website:

http://www.redwall.org

Editorial Reviews

Eternal castaways Ben and his canine companion, Ned, continue their breathless adventures. After being adrift on the Mediterranean Sea, they are rescued, but their apparent good luck quickly goes bad as Ned is thrown overboard and Ben slips under the control of a slave lord. Young man and dog are eventually reunited, setting the stage for their exciting escape. Sympathetic characters; adroitly handled plot shifts.

Gr 5-8-Having escaped from the Flying Dutchman and its odious Captain Vanderdecken, Ben and his dog, Ned, are cursed to wander the Earth for eternity, never growing older. In this third account of their adventures, the castaways are again shipwrecked and separated. Ben is captured by the slave trader Al Misurata, while Ned is rescued by a company of itinerant entertainers. The two are reunited when the entertainers, the Rizzoli Troupe, are forced to perform for the trader, and all of them end up on Al Misurata's ship to be sold as slaves. Ned speaks to Ben telepathically, and since no one would expect a dog to understand human language, he overhears the villain's plans. This is just the beginning of the swashbuckling adventure as Ben and his black Labrador attempt to escape the ship and to rescue the Rizzoli Troupe, while, at the same time, avoiding recapture by the ghostly sailors of the Flying Dutchman. Numerous footnotes translate various snatches of dialogue in German or Italian. This can be either helpful or annoying, depending on your way of looking at it. However, it is easy to just enjoy the compelling and readable adventure. This book is a good choice for any library in which Jacques's books in general and the "Castaways" stories in particular are popular.-Tim Wadham, Maricopa County Library District, Phoenix, AZ Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Praise for Brian Jacques

"Jacques's fervent followers are rewarded with the author's usual swashbuckling good storytelling, while the newly initiated will read with wide eyes, and quickly go back to hungrily devour the rest of the series."—Amazon.com on Triss

"Scrumptious feasts, rollicking humor, swashbuckling hero's, faithful friends, and treachero's villains magically combine through three intertwined action-packed plots into one unforgettable, spellbinding story." —VOYA on Triss

"Almost nonstop action."—School Library Journal on The Angel's Command

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