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The seekers
By Dillon, Eilis
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68418-595-8
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner's Sons, c1986.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1986
Gr 7-10 In 1632, lovestruck Edward Deane leaves Yorkshire, England, his family, and his livelihood as a shepherd to follow beloved Rebecca, her aunt and her n'er-do-well father to America. Edward's departure from home is secretive; the voyage on The Swallow is at times stormy and debilitating; his glimpse of life in New Plymouth persuades him that there's no place like home. Although passion supposedly drives Edward after Rebecca, the account of his journey is a passionless, lackluster chronicle of people and places. Edward's first-person narration...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
