A High Wind in Jamaica
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After a hurricane destroys their Jamaican estate, the Bas-Thornton family send their children on a merchant ship back to England, hoping to restore them to a life of safety and comfort. But shortly after leaving Jamaica, the ship is seized by pirates and the children become unexpected cargo aboard a pirate vessel. Though the pirate captain is confounded as to what to do with his stowaways, the children acclimate easily to their new life, with tentative bonds forming between the crew and kids. Which only makes the betrayal that occurs once the children return to civilization all the more shocking.
A bestseller when it was originally published in 1929,
is a twentieth-century classic adventure story, hallowed for its keen insight into the psychology of children and its powerful examination of the nature of innocence.
"A surprisingly terrifying short novel about children kidnapped by pirates, elevated . . . by surprising moments of violence and introspection, as well as repeated flourishes of literary brilliance. Also, it's funny." —Emily Temple,
, "20 Short Novels to Stay Up All Night Reading"
"
by Richard Hughes is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight, only infinitely more delicious and macabre." —Andrew Sean Greer,
NPR
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About Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes (1900–1976) was a British poet, novelist, and playwright. He graduated from Oriel College, Oxford, in 1922, the same year in which his one-act play
was produced in London. In 1924, Hughes authored the world’s first radio play
, which was broadcast by the BBC. He later worked as a journalist and traveled widely across the United States and the Caribbean. He wrote four books over the course of his career, though his best-known work is his 1929 novel
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