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Title: A gem.
Review: I saw an adaptation of this book on children's TV years ago. I could not quite remember the gist but jumped at the chance to read it when I found an old copy in a Jumble Sale.And it is really good. A tale in the old style, one of the first truly English novels. Set somewhere on the South coast, Moonfleet is the spiritual home of the Mohunes, a legendary group of pirates. The sea is always at the back of the story as we follow our young hero, John, through his various scrapes. His two goals in life are his girl and the treasure. As he searches for the way to both, John spends many a memorable episode in such places as the church's crypt, is defeated at almost every turn and goes through an adventure tinged with fear and horror that will exhilirate the hardiest reader.Although this is a children's book, its themes and scenarios involve the most serious of readers. This is the archetypal "good yarn".
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