Nightbirds on Nantucket de Aiken, Joan - 1969

New York.: A Dell Yearling Book by arr. w/ Doubleday & Co., 1969. First edition. 1st Dell printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. Spine crease. Moderate cover wear. Secure binding. Clean pages.. Jacques, Robin (Illustrated by).. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. Wonderfully illustrated w/ color cover and B&W detailed line art inside. Audience: Children/juvenile. Joan Aiken, daughter of American writer Conrad Aiken, and born in Sussex, England, has been one of the 20th century's most prolific authors of youth literature, as well as offerings for adults. Her readers look for her works well into the 21st century. In this tale, Captain Casket rescued young Dido Twite off the coast of England while chasing a pink whale. Dido will reappear in other Aiken publications. In this, Dido must deal with an alarming cargo aboard the whaling ship, 9-year-old Dutiful Penitence, and sinister Aunt Tribulation in Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts, and men making sinister plans. As events rush forward, the reader will not be bored. And, the pink whale plays a role in the end.