Compass Murphy - Softcover

Potts, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405214538 ISBN 13: 9781405214537

Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

Compass Murphy, noun. Otherwise known as Joshua. A boy with a compass in his head; needle pointing: North! Joshua's father has gone missing, last seen on a ship set for Greenland. Joshua therefore decides to stow away on another whaler in search of the one parent he has left. And so begins an adventure more terrifying and exhilarating than any he has ever known, and so too a journey of discovery, full of hope.

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Review

Beautifully written.... ideal for long dark winter nights......Even in summer the blizzards made me shiver -- Bookseller

Epic...... of colossal scope..... bursting with life, hope and discovery -- Scotsman

For those who like good old-fashioned tales of courage and adventure...... compellinglly described -- Observer

Written in the spirit of the traditional adventure story...... not just a breasth but a gale of fresh air -- Independent

From the Author

Compass Murphy is one of three books in The Running Tide, a loosely connected set of stand-alone stories which can be read in any order. It is set at the height of the Greenland whaling trade in the mid 1800s, and the action takes place in Whitby, Orkney, and frozen Arctic waters. The central characters, Joshua, a Whitby boy, and Simva, an Inuit girl, return as adults in the next book, The Ship Thief, which is set in Gold-Rush Alaska, and young men in that story return again in the third book, Hunting Gumnor, which is set in the kinder coastal waters of Britain. A love for the sea, and the ships which sail on it, runs through all the stories, which tell of storms and shipwreck, mutiny and curses, whale hunts and bear attacks, all seen through the eyes of the children at their centre.

Edition details

• Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405214538
• ISBN 13: 9781405214537
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328