The Castaways: The Curse of the Jolly Stone Trilogy, Book III

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Random House Children's Books, Nov 13, 2007 - Young Adult Fiction - 256 pages
ADRIFT AT SEA, Tom Tin and his four convict companions are only too glad when they come upon a deserted ship. The boys clamber aboard, not knowing whether they've been saved or set on a course toward doom. But after rescuing two men stranded on a melting iceberg, Tom begins to suspect that these unsavory sailors are dangerous castaways from this very vessel. The more Tom questions the men, the more they dislike him. So, when Tom overhears them plotting to get rid of him, he knows they mean it. But the other boys don't feel threatened - at least not until the sailors attempt to sell them as slaves, a decision that ends with death for some . . . and with Tom sailing the ship home to England.

Soon Tom discovers that he has to cast away every ill-intentioned companion from his voyage home before he can truly be free.
 

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The Castaways Come Aboard
1
How I Plucked the Dutchmans Flag
64
Midgely Remembers a Tale
79
The King Strikes a Bargain
86
Benjamin Penny Does a Brave Thing
99
On a Long Watch
109
The Girl and Mr Horrible
119
Mr Goodfellow Turns the Tables
148
My Promise to Weedle
176
The Day of My Death
184
The Bone Grubbers Fright
193
What Became of Mr Goodfellow
201
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Iain Lawrence is the author of numerous acclaimed novels, including The Cannibals, The Convicts, Gemini Summer, B for Buster, The Lightkeeper's Daughter, Lord of the Nutcracker Men, Ghost Boy, and the High Seas Trilogy: The Wreckers, The Smugglers, and The Buccaneers. He lives on Gabriola Island, B. C.

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