Reuter, Bjarne. The ring of the slave prince.Tr. from the Danish by Tiina Nunnally Tiina Nunnally (born 7 August 1952, Chicago, Illinois) is an American author and translator, and is affiliated with the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her husband Steven T. Murray and their two cats. . Penguin Putnam, Dutton. 410p. c2000, c2003. 0-525-47146-4. $21.99. JS The year is 1639, and 14-year-old Tom dreams of finding sunken sunk·en v. Obsolete A past participle of sink. adj. 1. Depressed, fallen in, or hollowed: sunken cheeks. 2. treasure in order to free his mother and sister from their life of servitude servitude In property law, a right by which property owned by one person is subject to a specified use or enjoyment by another. Servitudes allow people to create stable long-term arrangements for a wide variety of purposes, including shared land uses; maintaining the at an inn on the Caribbean island of Nevis, One night he rescues two castaways at sea: a garrulous gar·ru·lous adj. 1. Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative. 2. Wordy and rambling: a garrulous speech. Spanish man called Ramon, and a silent slave boy wearing a ring on a necklace, Ramon claims the ring proves that the slave is a prince, and that the boy is worth a fortune if returned to his chieftain father across the ocean. When after a few months Ramon and the boy go missing, Tom sets out in search of them and the riches the slave boy represents. He travels to Jamaica and works on a slave plantation there; he frees two of the slaves, then flees on a galleon galleon, oceangoing warship used by the European naval powers in the 15th and 16th cent. A large, cumbersome vessel, the galleon was three-masted and square-rigged, usually with two decks, and with its main batteries in broadsides. , where he finds the slave boy he's been seeking in the hold. Tom pretends the two of them have the plague and manages to get them put off the ship, They make their way back to Nevis, where they find Tom's sister, betrothed to a cruel Spanish inquisitor INQUISITOR. A designation of sheriffs, coroners, super visum corporis, and the like, who have power to inquire into certain matters. 2. The name, of an officer, among ecclesiastics, who is authorized to inquire into heresies, and the like, and to punish them. . The three head to Spain on the inquisitor's ship, but then it's captured by pirates ... and Tom's escapades continue, with his bravery and knack for lying getting him in and out of trouble. In the end, the slave boy. now Tom's best friend, is revealed to be no prince but instead a fisherman's son, and Tom realizes that there are more important things in life than gold. Intrepid Torn is an appealing hero; this lengthy saga will appeal to readers who like old-fashioned tales of action and adventure. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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