A High Wind in Jamaica (Paperback)

from kidzdoc

This novel was originally written in 1929, and is centered on the lives of two sets of British children who live with their parents in Jamaica in the late 19th century, after slavery was abolished ...

from TheAmpersand

Whether or not you think that Richard Hughes' "A High Wind in Jamaica" works as a whole, you've got to give him this: like Bill Watterson and Roald Dahl, he recognized that children occupy an entir...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Yes, insightful, provocative, gorgeous, tragic, - but there's also plenty of fun if one reads it as a straitforward adventure. There's even humor. It's one of those books that should be considered ...

from Cecrow

This is a whimsical statement on what beastly things children are, or childhood innocence at any rate: rather than a moral good it's chaotic neutral, something best not forgotten or else you'll be ...

from LisaMaria_C

This is a weird and disturbing book. Too much so for me to be honest, which is what loses it a fifth star, because I can't quite give it that accolade even though I recognize the craft behind what ...