The Maplin Bird
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- Synopsis
- Mr. and Mrs. Garland died in an epidemic of cholera and their two children were taken in by an uncle. To Toby and Emily, any sort of life seemed better than the gall and indignity of living with their uncle's brutal slave-driving. Emily dreamed of a little cottage on the coast where she could look after Toby in peace and comfort, but it was to be a long time after My Alice lifted to freedom on the flood-tide one night with Toby and Emily as crew, before her dream had an opportunity of becoming reality. Home on a smelly fishing smack with a black hole of a cuddy and mouldy straw for a mattress was no home at all, and when Mrs. Seymour offered Emily a room of her own in exchange for duties as a housemaid, Emily thought this was bliss indeed--until her cheeks grew pale for lack of sunlight and she pined for the salty tang of fresh air on her face. But there were compensations, rich compensations : there was Adam and the mystery of the Maplin Bird and the sheer exhilaration of standing with him at the tiller heading with that ruthless, daring smuggler for France. And suddenly, Emily found she had a second pipe-dream--and surely they could not both come true?
- Copyright:
- 1964
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 179 Pages
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/11/14
- Copyrighted By:
- K. M. Peyton
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Sandra Ryan
- Proofread By:
- BookMouse
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.