Jack the whaleboy / by Lloyd Esler.

By:

Esler, Lloyd, 1957- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Austin Macauley Publishers, 2022. Description: 76 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:

9781528984614
1528984617

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Young adult fiction, New Zealand.

Summary: "New Zealand's first whaling station was set up in Fiordland, in the late 1820s. Amongst the crew was a ten-year-old boy. This story is his imagined journal of the year 1830, and although fiction, it is based on actual events and is a realistic portrayal of conditions at the home. Jack Fletcher is a typical boy in many ways but he faces life with courage, humour and honesty"--Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Young Adult	Waimate Young Adult Fiction	Children &Young Adults Section	ESLE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A0080065X

"New Zealand's first whaling station was set up in Fiordland, in the late 1820s. Amongst the crew was a ten-year-old boy. This story is his imagined journal of the year 1830, and although fiction, it is based on actual events and is a realistic portrayal of conditions at the home. Jack Fletcher is a typical boy in many ways but he faces life with courage, humour and honesty"--Back cover.

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