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"After a terrible hurricane levels their Jamaican estate, the Bas-Thorntons decide to send their children back to the safety and comfort of England. On the way their ship is set upon by pirates, and the children are accidentally transferred to the pirate vessel. Jonsen, the well-meaning pirate captain, doesn't know how to dispose of his new cargo, while the children adjust with surprising ease to their new life. As this strange company drifts around the Caribbean, events turn more frightening and the pirates find themselves increasingly incriminated by the children's fates. The most shocking…
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17 editions · 2 languages- Ebook · English · 2010A High Wind in JamaicaNew York Review of Books · 9781590173718
- Paperback · English · 2002A High Wind in JamaicaVintage · 192 pages · 9780099437437
- Paperback · English · 1998High Wind in JamaicaHarvill Pr · 288 pages · 9781860464973
- Hardcover · English · 1972High Wind in JamaicaAmereon Limited · 9780884111283
- Paperback · English · 1968High Wind in JamaicaSignet Classics · 9780451504227
- Other · English · 2016A high wind in JamaicaNighthawk Books · 166 pages · 9781532846106
FictionPiratesChildrenEnglish fictionJamaica, fictionHurricanesChildIn literature





