Nightbirds on Nantucket.

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Aiken writes atmospheric prose--almost a Dickens for young people. Her stories are richly textured with plot twists and unexpected connections between characters.

Nightbirds on Nantucket is especially fun for those who enjoy a taste of whaling culture during the late nineteenth by: 2. 'Nightbirds' begins on board a whaling ship, traveling in the arctic in search of whales to kill.

Historically, this was a very interesting time to live in and Nantucket was a major center of whaling/5. The NOOK Book (eBook) of the Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $35 or more.

Due to COVID, orders may be delayed. Thank you for your patience. Book Annex Membership Educators Gift Cards Stores & Events Help Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Brand: HMH Books. Nightbirds on Nantucket is very well written. Dido's is a very engaging heroine and we have read most of the books by Joan Aiken that involve Dido.

I 5/5(5). It's a whale of a lot of fun. Though more than a fraction tamer than The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, the humor is as broad as it was in Black Hearts in Battersea and the plot as thick. Dido Twait's cockney sounds right at home along with the Nantucket twang. She's eleven years old and awakens after a nine month coma aboard the good ship Sarah Casket, a whaler that rescued her from the wreck of.

Nightbirds On Nantucket () About book: Man, I love these books. The Wolves of Willoughby chase is really good, and deservedly a classic, but where's the love for Dido Twite. Most people I know don't realize that this was a series (the connection to 'Wolves' is a loose one).

I love the little spitfire. : Nightbirds on Nantucket (Wolves Chronicles) () by Aiken, Joan and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices/5(K).

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Get this from a library. Nightbirds on Nantucket. [Joan Aiken] -- Nine-year-old Dido befriends Dutiful Penitence, daughter of a nineteenth-century whaling-ship captain, and ends up on Nantucket amid villains intent on killing England's apocryphal James III. The. Nightbirds on Nantucket - Ebook written by Joan Aiken.

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Children's books featuring bold and brave girls are both becoming easier for parents to find, and /5(21). All books set in Nantucket on the global book map. We found 85 books set in Nantucket and 24 others set nearby Toggle navigation Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken.

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Nightbirds on Nantucket. [Joan Aiken; Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)] -- The fate of an year-old girl depends on the whimsy of a pink whale. Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home. After reading Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken I have experience a profound feeling to regain the childhood I left behind me some years ago, it is an insane and enriching feeling that should enlighten any adult, child, male or female.

The story begins when ten-year old Dido Twite, an English girl, awakens from a ten-month coma aboard an American whaling ship/5(12). Nightbirds on Nantucket (Paperback) Nightbirds on Nantucket (Paperback) By Joan Aiken.

Email or call for price daughter of the American writer Conrad Aiken, was born in Rye, Sussex, England, and has written more than sixty books for children, including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.

Product Details ISBN: Publisher: HMH Books.Get this from a library! Nightbirds on Nantucket. [Joan Aiken] -- The fate of an year-old girl depends on the whimsy of a pink whale.

Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery grave, Dido Twite wants nothing more than to sail home.By the way, our suggested order of reading the series is: Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Blackhearts in Battersea, Nightbirds on Nantucket,The Whispering Mountain (This backtracks to give a "prequel" of Owen's story), The Stolen Lake, Dangerous Games, The Cuckoo Tree, Dido and Pa, Is Underground, Cold Shoulder Road, Midwinter Nightingale, and The Witch of Clatteringshaws/5.