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  1. An adventure novel that's one of its kind, the book takes you to Moonfleet, a quaint little coastal village, in 18th century England. A kid named John Trenchard guided by his curiosity explores a sinkhole in a graveyard and finds himself in a pickle that gets tangier by the page.

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  2. The main character is John Trenchard, an orphan who lives with his aunt, Miss Jane Arnold. The village church includes the sexton, Mr. Ratsey, and Parson Glennie, who also teaches in the village school. Elzevir Block is the landlord of the Mohune Arms.

  3. Apr 24, 2020 · Moonfleet - J. Meade Falkner (Puffin Books, 1994) This novel, originally published in 1898, is a great example of how a sense of pacing and adventure can change for readers over time. Moonfleet is an adventure story, clearly meant for young readers (probably boys, given the time), featuring smuggling, buried treasure, and shipwrecks.

  4. Aug 2, 2015 · Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner. Book Review. This children's classic, first published in 1898, tells the story of John Trenchard, a fifteen year old orphan, who lives with his spinster aunt in the Dorset coastal village of Moonfleet, named after the Mohunes who were the original lords of the manor. Growing up on tales of Colonel John ...

  5. Moonfleet. Written by John Meade Falkner Review by Henriette Gyland. This is a first-rate adventure story, beautifully set in an 18th-century Dorset fishing community, with tales of skulduggery, smuggling, hidden treasure, greed, treachery, and true love: all the ingredients for a good old yarn.

  6. Moonfleet is a family adventure story about John Trenchard, a boy whose curiosity accidentally leads him into smuggling escapades and on a treasure hunt. It’s a hard book to talk about, not because it’s bad or empty of event but because it is so great, and so self-contained in its greatness.

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  8. Jun 14, 2023 · MOONFLEET. Orphaned John Trenchard grows up in the village of Moonfleet, entranced by the local legend of the Ghostly Blackbeard, who rises each winter night to search for his lost diamond. While conducting bois own hunt for the treasure, John stumbles upon the true secret of the village: smuggling.

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