Ghost Ship: A Cape Cod Story (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781416935148)

World-renowned master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark's first picture book is a ghost story set on the Cape Cod coastline and the high seas, and a story of friendship between two boys.

Thomas loved his summer visits to his grandmother's on Cape Cod. He spent hours wondering about the sailing ships of the past and imagining their stories. He dreamed of being on a sailing ship himself. One afternoon after a night of terrible thunderstorms, Thomas finds, deep in the sand, a weathered, old-fashioned belt buckle. When he picks it up, a boy his own age, Silas Rich, who was a cabin boy on a ship called the Monomoy that sailed almost 250 years ago, appears. Suddenly the world of sailing ships is very near as Silas tells his tale.

Beloved and bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark tells a story of mystery and adventure that will transport readers to a time and place beyond their imaginings in her first book for children. Wendell Minor's inspired paintings make a time long ago very real.

Author: Mary Higgins Clark
ISBN-10: 1416935142
ISBN-13: 9781416935148
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2007
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 10.24h x 10.26w x 0.39d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 115194 / Ghost Ship: A Cape Cod Story


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/26/2007 pg. 89
Kirkus Review - Children 03/15/2007 pg. 273
School Library Journal 04/01/2007 pg. 96
Booklist 03/01/2007 pg. 88
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 294 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

About the Author
The #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark wrote forty suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a his­torical novel, a memoir, and two children's books. With bestselling author Alafair Burke she wrote the Under Suspicion series including The Cinderella Murder, All Dressed in White, The Sleeping Beauty Killer, Every Breath You Take, and You Don't Own Me. With her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, she coauthored five more suspense novels. More than one hundred million copies of her books are in print in the United States alone. Her books are international bestsellers.

Wendell Minor has illustrated dozens of picture books, and his work has won countless awards and is in permanent collections of such institutions as the Museum of American Illustration and the Library of Congress. His cover illustrations have graced some of the most significant novels of our time by authors such as Toni Morrison, David McCullough, and James Michener. He lives in Washington, Connecticut. Visit him online at MinorArt.com.