Nacky Patcher & the Curse of the Dry-Land Boats Hardback - 2007

de Kluger, Jeffrey

What Nacky Patcher and Teedie Flinn discover in the owl light andblackberry water of Yole Lake causes them to suspect they are losingtheir wits. Polished wood as far as the eye can see an entire shipcomes unbuttoned! Yet they see something else, too, something far moreimportant: a way out from the curse that has burdened the poor folks ofYole for generations. But first, they will need the villagers to do somethingthey haven't done in a long time: work as a team.

Jeffrey Kluger, co-author of the blockbuster book-turned-film Apollo 13,delivers one of the finest, quirkiest, and most emotionally satisfying readsof the year. As they rise to the challenge of somethinggreater than themselves, this cast of characters willcapture readers' hearts and imaginations.