The Dark Frigate (Newbery Medal Winner)

Clearly the expectations of children’s literature were different in 1924. Do not encourage your children to read this tale of pirates and the hard truths of life at sea in the 17th century. I’m sure I missed plenty of nuance in the story because there was so much archaic seafarer specific language, but it still painted an entertaining picture for me.

I FINALLY FINISHED! Book 3 of the Newbery challenge has been completed!!! I plan on rating all the Newbery’s once I finish the list, and rn this one is in 2nd place. It is very slow in plot building, and there were way too many random characters with names that had absolutely no importance. Not my faves, but not as dull as “the story of mankind”.