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The Fisherman's Son [The Fisherman's Son #1] [MultiFormat]
eBook by Marilyn Peake
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eBook Category: Young Adult/Fantasy RebeccasReads Best Fiction Runner-Up, MyShelf.com Top Ten Read
eBook Description: The Fisherman's Son is a children's novel filled with fantasy, adventure and the heroic qualities of a brave, young boy. At the same time, it includes accurate and beautiful descriptions of life under the ocean, villages similar to those of real nineteenth century island villages, and cities similar to those of ancient Greece and Rome. Part of the book is based on research accounts of what may have happened to Atlantis if it once existed. The main character is a twelve-year-old boy named Wiley O'Mara. He lives on an island far up north where it is very cold, around the beginning of the nineteenth century. The island scenery and culture in some ways resemble that of Ireland around the same time. After meeting a dolphin who allows him to swim underwater, Wiley takes part in an extraordinary adventure through which he and the dolphin accomplish an incredible rescue mission. Along the way, Wiley and his friend encounter both real and imaginary creatures--the real fish, dolphins, coral reefs and changing depths of the North Atlantic Ocean, as well as imaginary creatures in the island forest and ocean depths surrounding Wiley's home.
eBook Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing, Published: DDP, 2004
Fictionwise Release Date: May 2004
This eBook is part of the following series:
11 Reader Ratings:
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: eReader (PDB) [110 KB]
, ePub (EPUB) [146 KB]
, Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [81 KB]
, Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [519 KB]
, Palm Doc (PDB) [92 KB]
, Microsoft Reader (LIT) [339 KB]
, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [145 KB]
, hiebook (KML) [486 KB]
, Sony Reader (LRF) [163 KB]
, iSilo (PDB) [75 KB]
, Mobipocket (PRC) [94 KB]
, Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [140 KB]
, OEBFF Format (IMP) [127 KB]
Words: 35000
Reading time: 100-140 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
"Now I have read The Fisherman's Son. This is a nice children's fantasy, grounded in realism. Even the fantastic element is realistic, in that the dolphin doesn't abridge the rules just for convenience; the right introduction has to be made. It's not all right to make the excuse 'I lost the cup because of a bear.'"--Piers Anthony, author of the Xanth series, the Incarnations of Immortality series, the Adept series, and so much more!
"The Fisherman's Son is a delightful and colorfully narrated tale which documents Marilyn Peake as a story teller of considerable narrative skill."--James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief of the Midwest Book Review
"The Fisherman's Son, is a complex tale simply written, with fascinating detail & unblinking reality borrowing from legends & sagas deep within our collective memories. Youngsters will undoubtedly enjoy this story of a boy from a poor & troubled home, seeking adventure & solace & finding some degree of dignity & happiness..."--Rebecca Brown, Editor and Publisher of RebeccasReads.com
"Marilyn Peake's first fantasy novel for young readers, The Fisherman's Son, calls to mind all the mystery and wonder of Orson Scott Card's earlier mythological works such as Hart's Hope or Seventh Son in its quest-style tale, and in its evocative descriptions of a place much like early nineteenth-century Ireland comes close to the lush and luminous visual treatment of John Sayles' magical film The Secret of Roan Innish..."--Sharon Schulz-Elsing, Contributing Editor of Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)
"The author's descriptions of the underwater world are exhilarating as Wiley traverses the depths and meets up with wonderful undersea creatures and the fearsome dragon-beast that guards the entrance to the village. This book would be a great read-aloud project for the whole family. The characters are compelling, and the multilevel plot will hold the interest of even reluctant readers."--Beverly J. Rowe, MyShelf.com
"Even though it is considered a children's book, I certainly enjoyed the rich, descriptive text of this tale. It has wonderful imagination with touches of realism; descriptions of events are rich and put you in the scene, and it has a wonderful plot. I recommend it highly and look forward to the next book..."--Cheryl McCann, Review-Books.com
Chapter 1 The cold wind blew down from the North and slithered into the house like a living thing. The house was gray and white and hard. It was built the old way -- stones fitted tightly together to form a barrier against the outside world. The front yard was dead now. Brittle brown stems that had once been grass littered the sandy soil. Ocean waves crashed against the monolithic rocks guarding the coastline. The cold wind entered the house through crevices and invisible openings. It wrapped its icy fingers around the throat of the dying woman. Robyn shivered and moaned and tried weakly to pull the white fleece blanket more tightly around her. The fleece slipped from her fingers. Robyn's body burned with fever like a lamp burning oil, but this only made her feel colder against the frigid air. Wiley looked at his mother's red hair spread out across her pillow. He heard her moan and ran to cover her. He wrapped the fleece blanket around her shoulders and told her he loved her. Then he walked over to the large stone fireplace made from the same gray and white stone as the house and pushed the logs around to uncover the flame. He took the bellows down off the wall and blew life into the fire. "Boy, what are you doing?" Wiley's father slammed his glass of whiskey down onto the wooden table, spilling most of it. The wasted brown liquor splashing onto his hand made him furious. "Now, look what you made me do! I can't afford to waste this stuff! What d'ya think I'm made out of? Money?" Wiley looked up at his father. Without really thinking about it, he gauged how long he had until his father reached his side of the room. Vail O'Mara was a tall, sinewy man. His body had been hardened and turned the color of dirt through long, hard years as a fisherman. His face was long, thin and leathery. There were lines etched into his weathered skin around his eyes, across his forehead and down his long, thin cheeks. Vail's dark brown eyes were glazed by alcohol. He wore an old suede cap only slightly lighter in shade than the dark brown hair it covered. He wore a coat to match the cap. It was dirty and at least one size too big for him. Wiley had often wondered why his father did that, bought clothes slightly too large for himself. The youngest of ten children from a poor family, surely he didn't think he would still outgrow his clothes if he bought them the right size. "What a' ya lookin' at, boy?" Wiley's father threw his glass of whiskey against the hard, cold wall of the house. Enraged that he had spilled the whiskey and broken the glass, Vail O'Mara took three huge steps toward his son. Then, in his drunken state, he tripped over the leg of a chair and passed out. Wiley put his cheek next to his father's mouth to see if he was still breathing. A small cloud of whiskey breath wafted up the young boy's nose. Offended by the smell and relieved that his father was alive, Wiley went over to tend to his mother. He made her sit up. Supporting her in his arms, he made her drink water. The doctor had left strict instructions that his mother must drink water even though she did not want it. Otherwise, the fever would consume her and take her life. Copyright © 2004 by Marilyn Peake
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