Written by: Jane Yolen and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple
First line: When I grow up I was to be a detective, just
like my dad.
Why you should read this book: A little girl explains the
known details of the historical case of the ghost ship Mary Celeste, which left
New York on November 5, 1872 and was discovered abandoned in the middle of the
Atlantic ocean a month later. With no signs of mutiny, piracy, or disease, the
disappearance of the entire crew remains a great nautical mystery. This book
sets the case up so that it is accessible to young readers, with vocabulary
words on the page and theories stated factually, along with criticism.
Why you shouldn’t read this book: You’re not going to say it
was aliens, but it was aliens.
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