The dead men stood together
By: Chris Priestley
Edition: Paperback edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781408843024
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Seafaring life
Description: In a harbour town long ago, a boy is entranced by his uncle's stories of adventure in lands far away. Ignoring the crazy talk of the harbour pilot's son about the uncle being the Devil, the boy boards a ship with his uncle. But the uncle soon makes enemies of the captain and crew and, in frustration at their superstition, kills an albatross that has befriended the ship. As the ship sails on, madness and death ensue, and the boy and the crew face unimaginable horrors.
Notes: Originally published: 2013.