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Title: What a disappointment!
Review: This historical mystery novel about a teenage girl travelling from England to America by sailing ship won a Newberry award and was well reviewed, so I had hoped for a work of quality liturature. I found the characterisations flat, the twists of the plot unbelivable, and the violence excessive and gratuitous. Worst of all, the book promotes a Marxist/radical-feminist agenda all the way to its surprise ending. The one positive thing I can say about it is that it gives a better description of how a sailing ship works than any other historical novel I know of. However, I would not recommend it to anyone.
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