A High Wind in Jamaica

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 and while the country was taking its first steps toward independence. The seven members of the Bas-T...

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 entirely different psychological space than their elders. Of course, occasionally a judgement or fact fro...

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 a 'classic' and is worthy of being part of curriculum - but maybe it's just as well it's not listed ...

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 liable to misconstrue all manner of things, overlook the real issues and be dealt some nasty surpris...

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 Hughes did. It's a story about a group of children, but this is not children's fiction. The original...