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It is 1639, and the winds of a Caribbean storm howl with the promise of sunken treasure. Treasure is the means by which fourteen-year-old Tom O'Connor hopes to deliver his family from the drudgery of working at a run-down inn on the island of Nevis. But on this particular night he finds only two ragged castaways drifting near death - a maudlin Spaniard who calls himself Ramon the Pious and a slender black youth about Tom's age. Ramon claims the slave boy is a prince, worth his weight in gold if returned to his chieftain father across the ocean, and he shows Tom a ring to prove it. When Ramon and the slave prince disappear, the course of Tom's destiny is set as he pursues his elusive dream of wealth from skiff to galleon, plantation to pirate ship, from high-spirited escapades to hairbreadth escapes - and, sometimes, to heartbreak..
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Skandinavistik, Note: 1,7, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Veranstaltung: Skandinavische Kinder- und Jugendlitteratur, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Außenseiterfigur bei Bjarne Reuter und fragt daher nach den Bedingungen, Mechanismen und Diskrepanzen, die das fiktive Leben der Außenseiter begleiten und versucht sie vor dem Hintergrund einer allgemeinen Definition und Verortung des Außenseiters zu rekonstruieren. Dabei wird von Interesse sein, die (sozialen und psychischen) Prozesse, die dem Außenseiter seine Gestalt verleihen, am Text aufzuspüren und aufzudecken, um dann unter ihre Oberfläche zu...
In 1942, a group of young men begin a series of increasingly dangerous protests against the German invaders of their Danish homeland.
Tom O'Connor, a street-smart and fatherless boy who lives on the Caribbean island of Nevis, rescues a Spaniard named Ramón and his slave, Boto, from a shipwreck, and then discovers the slave is the son of an African king who would pay a fortune in gold for the return of his son. Tom decides he will return the boy and claim the reward. Suggested level: secondary.
Buster's magic tricks get him in and out of trouble.
The World through Children's Books is a valuable and easy-to-use tool for librarians, teachers and others who seek to promote international understanding through children's literature. The annotated bibliography, organized geographically by world region and country, contains nearly 700 books representing 73 countries. Sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY).
A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field. Coverage not only presents the most recent scholarship on J.R.R. Tolkien, but also introduces and explores the author and scholar's life and work within their historical and cultural contexts. Tolkien's fiction and his sources of influence are examined along with his artistic and academic achievements - including his translations of medieval texts - teaching posts, linguistic works, and the languages he created. The 550 alphabetically arranged entries fall within the following categories of topics: adaptations art and illustrations characters in Tolkien's work critical history and scholarship influence of Tolkien languages biography literary sources literature creatures and peoples of Middle-earth objects in Tolkien's work places in Tolkien's work reception of Tolkien medieval scholars scholarship by Tolkien medieval literature stylistic elements themes in Tolkien's works theological/ philosophical concepts and philosophers Tolkien's contemporary history and culture works of literature