Gone to drift / Diana McCaulay.

By:

McCaulay, Diana [author.]

London : Papillote Press, 2016�2016Description: 204 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780993108617
099310861X

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

F, Ja McC

Awards:

Burt Award for Caribbean Literature.

Summary: Gone to Drift tells the story of a 12-year-old Jamaican boy, Lloyd, and his search for his beloved grandfather, Maas Conrad, a fisherman who is lost at sea. Lloyd suspects that his grandfather has witnessed an illegal capture of dolphins for the tourist trade and that he has come to harm. Interspersed with Lloyd's quest on land and sea is a second voice - of Maas Conrad himself, who, unknown to Lloyd is alive; marooned on a rock, he describes his life growing up in a rural fishing village in a long-gone era. Gone to Drift is an exciting adventure story about a boy confronted with difficult moral choices.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Rare Books Floor	F Ja McC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000039311
Books	OCLC Data	Rare Books Floor	F, Ja McC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000000036204

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Gone to Drift tells the story of a 12-year-old Jamaican boy, Lloyd, and his search for his beloved grandfather, Maas Conrad, a fisherman who is lost at sea. Lloyd suspects that his grandfather has witnessed an illegal capture of dolphins for the tourist trade and that he has come to harm. Interspersed with Lloyd's quest on land and sea is a second voice - of Maas Conrad himself, who, unknown to Lloyd is alive; marooned on a rock, he describes his life growing up in a rural fishing village in a long-gone era. Gone to Drift is an exciting adventure story about a boy confronted with difficult moral choices.

Burt Award for Caribbean Literature.

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