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Loading... Captain Grey (original 1977; edition 2000)by Avi
Work InformationCaptain Grey by Avi (1977)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I picked this up to read between the biography "The Bashful Billionaire" and "The Patchwork Planet", both adult reads. I have been reading Avi's books for a while and am attempting to have a complete collection of his. Granted the book is for kids, but it offers excitement, mystery and adventure that even adults can get into. It is 1783 and pirates do exist. Kevin Cartwright has been kidnapped by one of the most murderous ones around, Captain Grey. Grey and his band killed his father and sister but kept Kevin. Why? What will they do with him? Captain Grey has established his "Free Nation" in a cove on the New Jersey shore. There is a 'sand island' that sits across the opening to the cove and provides cover so the the pirates can watch the traffic of the ships that go up and down the coast without being seen. A perfect set up to allow them to pick and choose their victims for plundering. Captain Grey trains Kevin in the way of the pirates and lets Kevin know that he is now 'one of them'. Kevin still can't figure out why, and keeps hope that some how he will be able to escape from these men. When a pigeon shows up in the attic room he is given, he starts a friendship with it. The friendship will lead to much more....more than he imagined. Being a kids' book it is a short read, but there is a lot packed into the pages. A Goodread to me! no reviews | add a review
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Following the Revolution, an eleven-year-old boy becomes the captive of a ruthless man who has set up his own "nation," supported by piracy, on a remote part of the New Jersey coast. No library descriptions found. |
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A young boy, Kevin has no idea how he can escape from, or prevent further attacks from this band of pirates.
The story is told much in the style of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Well done tale, the biggest drawback being that the conclusion feels quite rushed. ( )