Shackleton's Endurance
Joanna Grochowicz
Publication Date:
4 May 2021
Format:
Paperback / softback
ISBN 9781760526092
Information
Book Type: Junior HighAge Group: 10 to 15 years
Traffic Lights: Green/Amber
Class Novel: No
Good Reads Rating: 4.5/5
Literary Rating: 4.5/5
Review
Themes
voyage, adventure, Antarctica, expedition, teamwork, journeys
Content Notes
1. Adults smoking (p. 11, 54, 59, 138) and drinking alcohol (p. 43). 2. Green has a high-pitched voice, rumoured to result from the loss of a testicle in an accident (p. 25). Two men reminisce about a mutual friend breaking his leg (p. 66). Blackborow's frostbitten toes are amputated off-page (p. 248). Wordie's tooth is pulled out (p. 271). Discussion throughout of killing and butchering animals for meat, including seals and penguins. This is not described graphically. The dogs are shot off-page (p. 136). Mention of the three fatalities sustained by the Ross Sea Party, not in detail (p. 282). Mention of members of Shackleton's party who later died in the WWI, not in detail (p. 283). Mention of Shackleton's death of a heart attack (p. 284). 3. The men play a game of strip poker, not described (p. 38). 4. Language: bastard x 2, bloody x 5.
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