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The Quest for the Galleon of Time
Age range 8 to 12
The year is 1738 and eleven-year-old Tobias Crane is forced to leave his home to work as a ship’s lad on a trading galleon. Once onboard, Tobias discovers that the ship is a time-travelling galleon! A galleon that can inexplicably appear in different dimensions in the past, present and future.
A captain’s obsession with revenge will force Tobias and the crew on a dangerous adventure through treacherous waters. With the help of new friends, Tobias must somehow return home to warn his father that he’s in grave danger. Along the way, Tobias faces deadly obstacles made more complicated by the lethal family dynamics of three brothers – one good, one evil, and one dead!
The year is 1738 and eleven-year-old Tobias Crane is forced to leave his home to work as a ship’s lad on a trading galleon. Once onboard, Tobias discovers that the ship is a time-travelling galleon! A galleon that can inexplicably appear in different dimensions in the past, present and future.
A captain’s obsession with revenge will force Tobias and the crew on a dangerous adventure through treacherous waters. With the help of new friends, Tobias must somehow return home to warn his father that he’s in grave danger. Along the way, Tobias faces deadly obstacles made more complicated by the lethal family dynamics of three brothers – one good, one evil, and one dead!
185 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 1, 2023
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August 27, 2023
1738. 11-year-old Tobias Crane is sent by his bullying father to work as a cabin boy on the ship The Merry Maiden. It’s a daunting prospect for one so young, who doesn’t want to leave his mum and younger brother. His father has a secretive, suspicious past. There is a shadow hanging over his life. Young Tobias is well-treated by the ship’s captain, Bentley Tremaine, and learns to become a skilled navigator.
Tremaine has a family secret, one which concerns his twin brothers. One of them is the captain of the Majestic Maria. The other is the captain of the pirate ship Hades Damnation. These brothers are at war, and one of them is dead. Which one is at the helm of a ghost ship?
After the Merry Maiden is attacked, many are stranded. Tobias finds himself on an island with some of the survivors, where there is a deep mystery to unravel. The former residents of the island disappeared years before, with little or no clues. Where are the parents of his fellow shipmate Quinn, who was rescued by Captain Tremaine when Quinn was just 5 years old?
What follows is an epic adventure, waiting to find a way off the island, culminating in a battle with pirates. However, there is much to be endured and learned. Debut author Tanya Hunter has left this MG story open for the next one in the series. Will Tobias ever see his family again?
It will be interesting to see what MG readers will make of a rollicking novel which doesn’t have any mention of technology!
Tremaine has a family secret, one which concerns his twin brothers. One of them is the captain of the Majestic Maria. The other is the captain of the pirate ship Hades Damnation. These brothers are at war, and one of them is dead. Which one is at the helm of a ghost ship?
After the Merry Maiden is attacked, many are stranded. Tobias finds himself on an island with some of the survivors, where there is a deep mystery to unravel. The former residents of the island disappeared years before, with little or no clues. Where are the parents of his fellow shipmate Quinn, who was rescued by Captain Tremaine when Quinn was just 5 years old?
What follows is an epic adventure, waiting to find a way off the island, culminating in a battle with pirates. However, there is much to be endured and learned. Debut author Tanya Hunter has left this MG story open for the next one in the series. Will Tobias ever see his family again?
It will be interesting to see what MG readers will make of a rollicking novel which doesn’t have any mention of technology!
April 25, 2024
At eleven, Tobias is apprenticed to a ship’s captain and sent to sea. He joins several other boys, all training to work on galleons, trading ships. At first, he finds life harsh, but he quickly finds his place and settles in the night shift, learning to steer the boat, which he thoroughly enjoys once he gets over the terror of working with the harsh first mate.
There is a mystery surrounding the captain. Their galleon is terrorised by pirates. The pirate captain turns out to be the captain's brother. A ghost ship is spotted that rescues Tobias. The ghost ship is linked to Tobias’s father. Can he get to the bottom of the mystery?
I enjoyed the mix of fact and fiction of life onboard a galleon for boys and sailors in the 1530s.
Recommended for readers 10 years and older.
There is a mystery surrounding the captain. Their galleon is terrorised by pirates. The pirate captain turns out to be the captain's brother. A ghost ship is spotted that rescues Tobias. The ghost ship is linked to Tobias’s father. Can he get to the bottom of the mystery?
I enjoyed the mix of fact and fiction of life onboard a galleon for boys and sailors in the 1530s.
Recommended for readers 10 years and older.
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