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The Death of Evening Star: The Diary of a Young New England Whaler
A boy keeps a diary of his experience on his first voyage aboard a sinister whaling ship.
128 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1972
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January 23, 2015
gr 4-6 121pgs
As a boy, the main character befriends a lighthouse keeper. When he returns home years later as an adult, he is given a mysterious package containing the old lighthouse keeper's diary from 1840 when he served on the Evening Star. The main character discovers why the lighthouse keeper never talked about it.
I thought the story would have been better without the frame story because the lighthouse keeper's story, told through his journal, seemed rushed. I didn't think the illustrations added to anything to the story.
As a boy, the main character befriends a lighthouse keeper. When he returns home years later as an adult, he is given a mysterious package containing the old lighthouse keeper's diary from 1840 when he served on the Evening Star. The main character discovers why the lighthouse keeper never talked about it.
I thought the story would have been better without the frame story because the lighthouse keeper's story, told through his journal, seemed rushed. I didn't think the illustrations added to anything to the story.
September 8, 2013
oh, lovely, lovely tale of dark times on the high seas...an amusing little ghost story for a rainy day, and beautiful scratchboard illustrations.
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