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Arch of Bone Hardcover - 2021

by Jane Yolen; Ruth Sanderson (Illustrator)


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Continuing the story from where Moby Dick left off, this compelling boyhood adventure, penned by beloved author Jane Yolen (Owl Moon), hearkens to timeless coming of age tales of yore. Lovingly illustrated by Ruth Sanderson, the journey of a boy and his dog comes to life on the page, renewing the joy of a classic tale. "This is the story Melville should have written."
--Daniel Pinkwater, author of
The Neddiad
When a rough sailor called Ishmael turns up on a family's doorstep, even loyal dog Zeke knows that the news is ruinous. Ishmael comes bearing the tragic tale of the Pequod: the whaling ship that fourteen-year-old Josiah's father served on as first mate. Ishmael presents himself as the sole survivor of the deadly journey, fatally lead by the vengeful Captain Ahab and his obsession with the legendary white whale, Moby Dick. But Josiah is not so certain his father's death was that simple. Especially when Ishmael looks so boldly at Josiah's devout Quaker mother. Josiah is almost of age in Nantucket, and he still cherishes his dream of following in his father's footsteps. He is yet too young to sign on to a ship's crew, but he yearns to be at sea. Yet adventure has a way of finding a boy and his dog. The true vision of his father's death--as well as the difficult tasks of surviving, growing up, and finding his strength--await Josiah, when he and Zeke discover the secrets of the Pequod at the mysterious Arch of Bone.

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  • Title Arch of Bone
  • Author Jane Yolen; Ruth Sanderson (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tachyon Publications
  • Date 2021-11-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781616963507 / 1616963506
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.58 x 5.75 x 0.87 in (21.79 x 14.61 x 2.21 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 13 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 8
  • Reading level 920
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Dogs, Bildungsromans
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Foreword, 10/26/2021, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2021, Page 0

About the author

Beloved fantasist Jane Yolen has been rightfully called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. She has over 370 publications to her credit, including adult, young adult, middle grade, and children's fiction; graphic novels, nonfiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, short-story collections, anthologies, novels, novellas, and books about writing. Yolen is also a teacher of writing and a book reviewer. Her best-known books include Owl Moon, the How Do Dinosaurs series, The Devil's Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Sister Emily's Lightship, and Sister Light, Sister Dark. Among Yolen's many awards and honors are the Caldecott and Christopher medals; the Nebula, Mythopoeic, World Fantasy, Golden Kite, and Jewish Book awards; the World Fantasy Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award, and the Science Fiction Poetry Grand Master Award. Six colleges and universities have given her honorary doctorates. Yolen lives in Western Massachusetts most of the time, but spends long summers in St. Andrews, Scotland. About the Illustrator: Born in the small town of Monson, Massachusetts, Ruth Sanderson (b.1951) has been a professional illustrator since 1975, with over eighty published children's books, in addition to illustrated book covers, fantasy art, collector's plates, animation concept art, and product design. Her illustrations projects include a famous edition of Heidi with one hundred full-color oil paintings, as well as editions of The Secret Garden, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses, and many more. Sanderson teaches writing and illustrating for children in a summer graduate program at Hollins University, in Roanoke, Virginia, and is a longtime member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
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