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Adventures of Sam Witchall - Powder Monkey
Author: Paul Dowswell
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| Retail Price: | $14.95 |
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ISBN: 9780747580331
Format: Paperback
Published: January 2006
Published By: Bloomsbury
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Published: January 2006
Published By: Bloomsbury
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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 seen 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. It is 1800. Britain is at war with France and Spain and in the seas between them warships hunt. Young Sam Witchall has been forced to join a Royal Navy frigate, and on board he is told that he will be a powder monkey, one of the most dangerous jobs on the ship. He is told that in battle sparks fly, and a stray spark blew the last powder monkey to a pink mist. Facing execution if he tries to escape, Sam is trapped.