![]() ![]() The Wreckers was chosen by Booklist as a Young Editors' Choice and by the New York Public Library as a title for reading and sharing. Ron Keith's exceptional narration ensures readers nonstop entertainment in the classic tradition. The spell-binding excitement of a swashbuckling adventure, and the wrenching moral conflict of a Dickens novel delightfully converge in this critically-acclaimed debut novel. 4 lists 160 words 86 learners Learn words with Flashcards and other activities. A young sailor washes up on the shore of a remote island where the people pray for shipwrecks and scavenge the wreckage. Trapped in a strange land with no idea of whom to trust, he faced the most terrifying challenge of his life. Island Life: The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence. As John hid on the shore, he saw his shipmates murdered by these ruthless scavengers. One stormy night in 1799, 14-year-old John Spencer was unfortunate enough to be on his father's ship when the wreckers did their worst. Then these "wreckers" made sure that no one survived the wrecks, so there would be no witnesses to their crimes. ![]() Some of them were evil and lit fires during a storm to lure ships onto the rocks. They made their living by salvaging food and clothing from the wreckage. ![]() There was once a village off the coast of Cornwall, England where people were so poor that they prayed for shipwrecks. ![]()
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