Drift House: The First Voyage is a 2005 children's novel written by Dale Peck. This was Peck's first children's book; he is best known as a polemicist reviewer, and adult novelist.
In 2007 and 2008, Chicago Public Schools placed the novel on their recommended reading list for School Grades 6–8.
Dale Peck wrote the book after a friend living in Cape Cod described a dream he had had about his house floating out to sea. He cites The Lion, the Witch ...
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Drift House: The First Voyage is a 2005 children's novel written by Dale Peck. This was Peck's first children's book; he is best known as a polemicist reviewer, and adult novelist.
In 2007 and 2008, Chicago Public Schools placed the novel on their recommended reading list for School Grades 6–8.
Dale Peck wrote the book after a friend living in Cape Cod described a dream he had had about his house floating out to sea. He cites The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis as a strong influence on the book.
After the 9/11 attack on New York City, the three Oakenfeld children Susan, Charles, and Murray are sent to live with their Uncle Farley in Canada.
Farley, has recently bought a strange ship-like home named Drift House on The Bay of Eternity. The home resembles a bizarre old-time ship, washed ashore. The children immediately find the home very odd. When they question their uncle about the strange house, however, he becomes nervous and distracted. The children later explore the...
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