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Freedom Merchants
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Twenty-five years ago, young Liam's small fishing village on the Irish Coast was raided and its population decimated by brutal corsair pirates from the Barbary Coast who killed, plundered, and took a number of his people back to Northern Africa as slaves to Muslim masters. And...
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Twenty-five years ago, young Liam's small fishing village on the Irish Coast was raided and its population decimated by brutal corsair pirates from the Barbary Coast who killed, plundered, and took a number of his people back to Northern Africa as slaves to Muslim masters.
And now a pirate ship has been wrecked in Liam's bay, and survivors are struggling ashore...
Freedom Merchants by Sherryl Jordan explores themes of resilience, survival, and the enduring human spirit amidst the harsh realities of life during the time of corsair raids.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781775431466
Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 August 2013
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Scholastic New Zealand
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 250g
Pages: 448
About the Author
Sherryl Jordan lives in Tauranga and is the internationally successful author of a wide range of YA fiction including Rocco, The Juniper Game, Tanith, Winter of Fire and last year's Ransomwood, as well as award-winning Finnigan and the Pirates and the hilarious Denzil books for younger readers.
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