POWDER MONKEY
BOOK REVIEW | Another book where the cover caught my eye... a tall ship at sunset and what looks like a canonball blowing through the title. Add the word "adventures of a young sailor" to the cover and a schematic of a ship on the inside and this book had me at "hello."
Not everyone will like this book. I liked it because I'm easily entertained, I love naval/pirate history, and I'll enjoy any book set at sea. Here's a sample of the text on the back cover...
I have seen boys and men right beside me torn in two halves by chain shot, faces all around staring in wide-eyed horror. I have looked on broken ships swallowed by the sea; I have known the bile-sour taste of fear. And all these things I knew before I turned fourteen.
Did that sound appealing to you? If so, read this book... we have it and its sequel, Prison Ship, in the Middle School library. Click here to visit Powder Monkey's Google Books page.
