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The third book to win the Newbery award. Philip Marsham was raised on ships by his father. His father died in a ship wreck and Philip is wandering across England until he finally finds a boat to sail on. Eventually the ship is overtaken by pirates. This book is very slow moving. It also uses a lot of slang which was confusing. I can't imagine any kid being enthralled by this book, especially the first 100 pages or so. Not a book I'd recommend unless you wan to read all the newberry winners.
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Philip Marsham signed on to work on a ship. Before he had traveled far, however, pirates on the ship kill the ship’s captain and part of the crew and take the ship over. Philip has no choice but to stay on the ship and help the pirates, as much as he is able, to carry on with their plan to take over other ships. Finally Philip has an opportunity to escape from the ship onto an island, but he cannot survive long there. He finds another ship and has hope to convince the captain of this ship that h
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Jan 15, 2018
Keeley
marked it as to-read
