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Jack Holborn
Leon Garfield
Oxford University Press, 1999 (first published in 1964)
Paperback. 218pp. illustrated £6.99
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Jack HolbornAn action-packed pirate adventure, with bloodcurdling deaths and adventure galore on the high seas. Jack Holborn, an orphan, stows away on a ship, little guessing the dangers and excitement that lie on his journey ahead. Before long, he is caught in adventure in the African jungle and a mystery surrounding his long-lost mother.

Leon Garfield is a master-storyteller, and has a strong sense of historic language. He writes moral adventure stories with melodramatic plots and strong characters: his literary roots are most definitely Dickensian. He is an author we recommend very highly.

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if you like this book we recommend:

books by Joan Aiken (who has a similar grasp of narrative and character) such as The Cuckoo Tree, Black Hearts In Battersea and The Shadow Guests.

Other books by Leon Garfield that we recommend include Black Jack, Smith, Devil-in-the-Fog, and John Diamond.



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