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In this adaptation for children of Herman Melville's masterpiece, Geraldine McCaughrean recounts the tale of the obsessed Captain Ahab pursuing the great white whale, Moby Dick, a creature as vast and dangerous as the sea itself. McCaughrean's vivid and compelling language is beautifully... read more

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First Sentence

THERE is a whale in the sea, as white as a ghost, and it haunts me.

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  1. Herman Melville (Author)
 

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