Ghost Canoe
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Award-winning author and master of adventure Will Hobbs
delivers a breathless mystery that will have readers on the edge of their
seats!
After
a sailing ship breaks up on the rocks off Washington's storm-tossed Cape
Flattery, Nathan McAllister, the fourteen-year-old son of the lighthouse
keeper, refuses to believe the authorities, who say there were no survivors.
Unexplained footprints on a desolate beach, a theft at the trading post, and
glimpses of a wild mystery man convince Nathan that someone is hiding in the
remote sea caves along the coast.
With
his new friend, Lighthouse George, a fisherman from the famed Makah whaling
tribe, Nathan paddles the fierce waters of the Pacific searching for clues. And
once alone in the forest, Nathan may have found some: a ghostly canoe and a
skeleton that may unlock the mystery of ancient treasure, betrayal . . .and
murder.
This thrilling middle grade adventure from Will Hobbs, a former teacher and the author of beloved books such as Far North, was chosen for Georgia's Children's Book Award Masterlist.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this intense adaptation of Hobbs's suspenseful novel set in 1874 Washington state, 14-year-old Nathan MacAllister uncovers a chilling murder-mystery involving a greedy sailor and members of a local Native American tribe. As the son of a lighthouse keeper, Nathan is accustomed to the storm-ravaged desolate life on Cape Flattery. He has adopted the ways of the Makah Indians as well, learning to fish and hunt under the tutelage of a family friend (and Makah) Lighthouse George. But when a clipper ship sinks just off the cape, Nathan wonders if it's true that there were no survivors. After all, who could be spying on the Makah tribe and making strange footprints on the beach? The answers to these and other questions become all too clear when the mysterious "hairy man" John Kane arrives in the village, eager to find and peddle Makah artifacts--the same artifacts Nathan has already discovered in a "ghost canoe," a sacred form of Makah burial. Gaines proves a versatile performer, gamely taking on roles of all ages, backgrounds and genders. Ages 8-up.
